Iran Ordered to Pay $33M to Murdered Israeli Diplomat's Family

[AP] Iran must pay $33 million to the family of a U.S.-born Israeli diplomat killed in a 1992 terrorist attack, a federal judge said Monday. U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle said Iran was responsible for the truck bombing at the Israeli Embassy in Argentina that killed 29 people, including David Ben-Rafael. The ruling allows the family to try to collect Iranian assets, but finding and seizing that money will be difficult.


2008-02-26 01:00:00

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