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Federal judge awards $61.3 million in punitive damages against Iran

October 2, 2010

Courthouse News is reporting that a Washington DC federal district court has ordered the Republic of Iran to pay $92 million, including $61.3 million in punitive damages, to the victims of the 1983 bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut.  This is the latest in a series of large punitive damages damages awards against Iran.  As we have noted, the awards have only a symbolic significance because Iran never pays a penny.

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