Beirut Bombing

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The wife and daughter of a Lebanese citizen employed by the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, who was killed in the 1983 Hezbollah attack, are entitled to damages from Iran because it financed and directed the attack, a federal judge <a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Beirutbombing.pdf"><strong>ruled</strong></a>. </span>

WASHINGTON – The wife and daughter of a Lebanese citizen employed by the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, who was killed in the 1983 Hezbollah attack, are entitled to damages from Iran because it financed and directed the attack, a federal judge ruled .

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