US courts say Iran owes terrorism victims billions. That’s an obstacle to a new Iran nuclear deal

Posted: 5th August 2021


By Christopher A. Bidwell | August 3, 2021

Rescue and clean-up crews search for casualties following the barracks bombing in Beirut on October 23 1983 If negotiators hope to revive the Iran nuclear deal they must address the billions of dollars worth of civil judgments by US victims of terrorism against Iran Photo credit United States Marine Corps Public domain image

Rescue and clean-up crews search for casualties following the barracks bombing in Beirut on October 23, 1983. If negotiators hope to revive the Iran nuclear deal, they must address the billions of dollars’ worth of civil judgments by US victims of terrorism against Iran, according to Christopher Bidwell. Photo credit: United States Marine Corps. Public domain image. 

If negotiators hope to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), known informally as the Iran nuclear deal, they must address the billions of dollars’ worth of civil judgments by US victims of terrorism against Iran. Failure to do so would disincentivize Iran from limiting or reversing its nuclear ambitions—out of concern that it would never receive meaningful economic gains in return.


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