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June 12, 2012       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=273515

U.S. Opposes Forcing Iran to Reveal Assets

(Jerusalem Post)- Joanna Paraszczuk- Lawyers for American victims of a Hamas triple suicide bombing who successfully sued Iran for damages have slammed the U.S. Department of Justice's backing of a court ruling preventing the plaintiffs from obtaining information about Iran's U.S.-based assets. The plaintiffs had served Iran with a request to produce documents regarding all of its U.S.-based assets. However, the U.S. Department of Justice filed an amicus brief supporting Iran's request to shield its assets from discovery requests, saying: "Compelling a foreign state to produce extensive material pertaining to its assets may impose significant burdens and impugn the state's dignity, and may have implications for the United States' foreign relations."

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