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Opinion
Filed
May 10, 2019
Case
Rita Bathiard v. Islamic Republic of Iran
Case status
Decided

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Edwards, Senior Circuit Judge: On April 18, 1983, and September 20, 1984, the militant group Hezbollah detonated car bombs outside United States diplomatic facilities in Beirut, Lebanon, killing dozens and wounding many more. On August 7, 1998, truck bombs exploded outside the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, killing more than two hundred and injuring mor…

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