Hokme Sangine Yek Dad-gaahe Amrikayei Alayhe Tehran

**MehdiBaTo** · 23-12-06, 07:48

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Hokme Sangine Yek Dad-gaahe
Amrikayei Alayhe Tehran

Ba gozashte 10 saal az enfejaare yek kamione mamlov az bomb dar mojtama-e Aparteman-haye maskooniye mosoom be 'borj-haye Khobar' dar
shahre Zahrane Arabestan, yek dadgahe Federal dar Amrika Iran ra be pardakhte gheramat baraye bazmandegane in hadeseh mahkoom kard.

(Aftab be naghl az Reuters)

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Iran ordered to pay $254 million
in 'Khobar Towers' bombing

The Khobar Towers residence at a U.S. military base in Saudi Arabia is shown after it was bombed on June 25th, 1996, in this undated file photo. A U.S. federal judge on Friday ordered the Islamic Republic of Iran to pay $254 million to the family of 17 U.S. servicemen killed in the bombing. (Reuters)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- A U.S. federal judge on Friday ordered the Islamic Republic of Iran to pay $254 million to the family of 17 U.S. servicemen killed in the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers residence at a U.S. military base in Saudi Arabia.

The default judgment was entered against the Iranian government, its security ministry and the Revolutionary Guards after they failed to respond to the lawsuit, which was initiated more than four years ago.

In issuing the $254.4 million judgment in the case, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth concluded that the Khobar Towers attack was carried out by people recruited by Gen. Ahmed Sharifi of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.

The truck bomb involved in the attack was assembled at a base in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley operated by Hezbollah and the Revolutionary Guards, and the attack was approved by Ayatollah Khameini, the supreme leader of Iran, the 209-page ruling found.

The decision relied heavily on an investigation of the attack by the FBI under director Louis Freeh. The FBI probe led to the grand jury indictment of 13 members of Hezbollah in June 21, 2001.

"The totality of the evidence at trial, combined with the findings and conclusions entered by this court ... firmly establishes that the Khobar Towers bombing was planned, funded and sponsored by senior leadership in the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran," Lamberth wrote.

"The sheer gravity and nature of the attack demonstrate the defendants' unlawful intent to inflict severe emotional distress upon the American servicemen as well as their close relatives," he added.

The bombing of Khobar Towers, a residence on a U.S. military base in Dhahran, killed a total of 19 servicemen.

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MehdiBaTo Staff Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 9,105 Credits: 63,562 Thanks: 2,196 Thanked 2,500 Times in 1,073 Posts	Hokme Sangine Yek Dad-gaahe Amrikayei Alayhe Tehran ********************************** :-:-:-:-:- Politics-:-:-:-:-: ******************************** Hokme Sangine Yek Dad-gaahe Amrikayei Alayhe Tehran Ba gozashte 10 saal az enfejaare yek kamione mamlov az bomb dar mojtama-e Aparteman-haye maskooniye mosoom be 'borj-haye Khobar' dar shahre Zahrane Arabestan, yek dadgahe Federal dar Amrika Iran ra be pardakhte gheramat baraye bazmandegane in hadeseh mahkoom kard. (Aftab be naghl az Reuters) ======================================= Iran ordered to pay $254 million in 'Khobar Towers' bombing The Khobar Towers residence at a U.S. military base in Saudi Arabia is shown after it was bombed on June 25th, 1996, in this undated file photo. A U.S. federal judge on Friday ordered the Islamic Republic of Iran to pay $254 million to the family of 17 U.S. servicemen killed in the bombing. (Reuters)** WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- A U.S. federal judge on Friday ordered the Islamic Republic of Iran to pay $254 million to the family of 17 U.S. servicemen killed in the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers residence at a U.S. military base in Saudi Arabia. The default judgment was entered against the Iranian government, its security ministry and the Revolutionary Guards after they failed to respond to the lawsuit, which was initiated more than four years ago. In issuing the $254.4 million judgment in the case, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth concluded that the Khobar Towers attack was carried out by people recruited by Gen. Ahmed Sharifi of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. The truck bomb involved in the attack was assembled at a base in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley operated by Hezbollah and the Revolutionary Guards, and the attack was approved by Ayatollah Khameini, the supreme leader of Iran, the 209-page ruling found. The decision relied heavily on an investigation of the attack by the FBI under director Louis Freeh. The FBI probe led to the grand jury indictment of 13 members of Hezbollah in June 21, 2001. "The totality of the evidence at trial, combined with the findings and conclusions entered by this court ... firmly establishes that the Khobar Towers bombing was planned, funded and sponsored by senior leadership in the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran," Lamberth wrote. "The sheer gravity and nature of the attack demonstrate the defendants' unlawful intent to inflict severe emotional distress upon the American servicemen as well as their close relatives," he added. The bombing of Khobar Towers, a residence on a U.S. military base in Dhahran, killed a total of 19 servicemen. __________________

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