April 20, 2016 | Quoted by Pete Williams - NBC News

Victims of Terror Can Seize Iranian Money, Supreme Court Rules

Victims of terrorist attacks that were backed by Iran, and members of their families, can collect nearly $2 billion in Iranian money held by a bank in New York, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.

The ruling ends a long quest for compensation by more than 1,000 victims of terrorist attacks committed throughout the Middle East sponsored by Iran, including family members of 241 US Marines killed in a 1983 barracks bombing in Lebanon.

That attack was blamed on Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite militia backed by Iran.

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“Not only will the victims of Iranian terrorism be compensated for their suffering, but Iran itself will now be held responsible for the deplorable acts of terrorism that it sponsors. We hope it also serves to meaningfully deter it from continuing to do the same but Congress, the administration and indeed the world community must not allow it the benefits of legitimacy until it ceases this malign behavior,” said Mark Dubowitz, Executive Director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

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