Iran on Saturday rejected a U.S. federal judge's ruling that the Islamic Republic must pay $2.65 billion to the families of the 241 U.S. service members killed in the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut.
A U.S. judge has ordered Iran to pay more than $2.6 billion to nearly 1,000 family members and a handful of survivors of the 1983 bombing of a marine barracks in Lebanon.
Iran on Saturday dismissed a U.S. federal judge's ruling that the Islamic Republic must pay $2.65 billion to the families of the 241 U.S. service members killed in the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut.
Iran's nuclear programme has slipped so far down the European Union's agenda that it did not even figure at a two-day brainstorming session of the bloc's 27 foreign ministers this week.
Iran said Saturday that a US federal court decision to fine Tehran 2.65 billion dollars for the 1983 bombing of a Marine barracks in Beirut was "baseless" and aimed at plundering Iranian assets.
Iran must pay $2.65 billion to the families of the 241 U.S. service members killed in the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, a federal judge declared Friday in a ruling that left survivors and families shedding tears of joy.
A federal judge yesterday ordered Iran to pay more than $2.6 billion to nearly 1,000 family members and a handful of survivors of a 1983 bombing of a Marine barracks in Lebanon that killed 241 soldiers. The ruling brought cheers and tears from survivors but faces long odds of being fulfilled.
_ China for the first time became Iran's biggest trade partner in 2006, replacing Japan, according to customs-cleared trade and other data.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran on Saturday dismissed a U.S. federal judge's ruling that the Islamic Republic must pay US$2.65 billion to the families of the 241 U.S. service members killed in the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut.
The purpose of Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Safari's visit to Delhi was to brief the Indian government about developments related to Iran's nuclear issue, the External Affairs Ministry spokesman said on Friday. In meetings with External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, National Security Advisor MK Narayanan and Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon today, Safari briefed them on recent ...