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The English High Court granted 122 claimants who were victims of terrorist attacks a four-month extension to pay expenses incurred by the Iranian government and the Iranian Ministry of Industry and
The English High Court granted 122 claimants who were victims of terrorist attacks a four-month extension to pay expenses incurred by the Iranian government and the Iranian Ministry of Industry and
Security in previous proceedings in December 2020. The costs were incurred as a result of the High Court's dismissal of their demand to have US judgments against Iranian parties accepted in English and Welsh courts.
Estate of Michael Heiser and 121 Ors v Islamic Republic of Iran and Iranian Ministry of Industry and Security [2021] EWHC 3757 (QB)
The expenses cannot be charged until the plaintiffs obtain a license from OFAC, which has yet to be issued. The Court held that the extension would have been shorter if the US administration had not changed,
and that in subsequent applications, the plaintiffs would need to prove that they had approached the matter with urgency, and that approaching OFAC for a license with a "hands off" approach is the best way to approach them.
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