Iran Court Orders U.S. to Pay $600 Million

[pinkeye]

Iran Court Orders U.S. to Pay $600 Million
2 hours, 1 minute ago


TEHRAN (*******) - An Iranian court has ruled the United States should pay $600 million in compensation for supplying ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) with chemical weapons, the official IRNA news agency said on Wednesday.




IRNA said the money in the case, brought by Iranian war veterans and disabled, should be paid to survivors of attacks on the town of Sardasht which borders Iraq (news - web sites).


Iraqi gas attacks killed thousands of Iranians and Iraqi Kurds in the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war. Hundreds of thousands died on both sides and Iran has thousands disabled by chemical arms.


No further details were available and Iranian officials were unavailable for any immediate comment.


"The court has ordered the American government to pay the money for furnishing Saddam with chemical weapons to attack Iran," IRNA reported.


The United States and Iran have been at odds since 1979 when more than 50 Americans were held hostage by Iranian student militants at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran for 444 days after the Islamic revolution.


The verdict was submitted to the Swiss Embassy which has covered U.S. interests in Iran since Washington cut ties with Tehran in 1980.

[rokus2595]

Iran Court Orders U.S. to Pay $600 Million
2 hours, 1 minute ago


TEHRAN (*******) - An Iranian court has ruled the United States should pay $600 million in compensation for supplying ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) with chemical weapons, the official IRNA news agency said on Wednesday.

IRNA said the money in the case, brought by Iranian war veterans and disabled, should be paid to survivors of attacks on the town of Sardasht which borders Iraq (news - web sites).

Iraqi gas attacks killed thousands of Iranians and Iraqi Kurds in the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war. Hundreds of thousands died on both sides and Iran has thousands disabled by chemical arms.

No further details were available and Iranian officials were unavailable for any immediate comment.

"The court has ordered the American government to pay the money for furnishing Saddam with chemical weapons to attack Iran," IRNA reported.

The United States and Iran have been at odds since 1979 when more than 50 Americans were held hostage by Iranian student militants at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran for 444 days after the Islamic revolution.

The verdict was submitted to the Swiss Embassy which has covered U.S. interests in Iran since Washington cut ties with Tehran in 1980.

Interesting. Don't think the US will pay much attention to it though

[American Patriot]

That's nice.

[Seoulstriker]

Ooooh, the US provided Iraq with chemical weapons? Amazing. I guess academic exchange agreements == weapons trade programs. :roll:

[2Sheds_Jackson]

Hey, did those jagoffs ever finish paying off those F-14s?

[rokus2595]

I guess academic exchange agreements == weapons trade programs. :roll:

I believe the US knew what the Iraqis were going to use the chemicals for, so no, it wasn't just academic exchange agreements.

[foxtrot023]

Those guys are really funny. Never thought the ayatollahs had a sense of humour.......

[Mr Gently Benevolent]

Hey, did those jagoffs ever finish paying off those F-14s?
Oliver North, Contras part of the same deal?

[2Sheds_Jackson]

Hey, did those jagoffs ever finish paying off those F-14s?
Oliver North, Contras part of the same deal?

Oh yeah, I kind of forgot about that thing with the hostages. That was back in the '70s, when another group of Islamists took another bunch of westeners hostage to get what they wanted; they were;


Thomas L. Ahern, Jr., 48, McLean, VA. Narcotics control officer.
Clair Cortland Barnes, 35, Falls Church, VA. Communications specialist.
William E. Belk, 44, West Columbia, SC. Communications and records officer.
Robert O. Blucker, 54, North Little Rock, AR. Economics officer specializing in oil.
Donald J. Cooke, 26, Memphis, TN. Vice consul.
William J. Daugherty, 33, Tulsa, OK. Third secretary of U.S. mission.
Lt. Cmdr. Robert Englemann, 34, Hurst, TX. Naval attaché.
Sgt. William Gallegos, 22, Pueblo, CO. Marine guard.
Bruce W. German, 44, Rockville, MD. Budget officer.
Duane L. Gillette, 24, Columbia, PA. Navy communications and intelligence specialist.
Alan B. Golancinksi, 30, Silver Spring, MD. Security officer.
John E. Graves, 53, Reston, VA. Public affairs officer.
Joseph M. Hall, 32, Elyria, OH. Military attaché with warrant officer rank.
Sgt. Kevin J. Hermening, 21, Oak Creek, WI. Marine guard.
Sgt. 1st Class Donald R. Hohman, 38, Frankfurt, West Germany. Army medic.
Col. Leland J. Holland, 53, Laurel, MD. Military attaché.
Michael Howland, 34, Alexandria, VA. Security aide, one of three held in Iranian Foreign Ministry.
Charles A. Jones, Jr., 40, Communications specialist and teletype operator. Only African-American hostage not released in
November 1979.
Malcolm Kalp, 42, Fairfax, VA. Position unknown.
Moorhead C. Kennedy Jr., 50, Washington, DC. Economic and commercial officer.
William F. Keough, Jr., 50, Brookline, MA. Superintendent of American School in Islamabad, Pakistan, visiting Tehran at time of embassy
seizure.
Cpl. Steven W. Kirtley, 22, Little Rock, AR. Marine guard.
Kathryn L. Koob, 42, Fairfax, VA. Embassy cultural officer; one of two women hostages.
Frederick Lee Kupke, 34, Francesville, IN. Communications officer and electronics specialist.
L. Bruce Laingen, 58, Bethesda, MD. Chargé d'affaires. One of three held in Iranian Foreign Ministry.
Steven Lauterbach, 29, North Dayton, OH. Administrative officer.
Gary E. Lee, 37, Falls Church, VA. Administrative officer.
Sgt. Paul Edward Lewis, 23, Homer, IL. Marine guard.
John W. Limbert, Jr., 37, Washington, DC. Political officer.
Sgt. James M. Lopez, 22, Globe, AZ. Marine guard.
Sgt. John D. McKeel, Jr., 27, Balch Springs, TX. Marine guard.
Michael J. Metrinko, 34, Olyphant, PA. Political officer.
Jerry J. Miele, 42, Mt. Pleasant, PA. Communications officer.
Staff Sgt. Michael E. Moeller, 31, Quantico, VA. Head of Marine guard unit.
Bert C. Moore, 45, Mount Vernon, OH. Counselor for administration.
Richard H. Morefield, 51, San Diego, CA. U.S. Consul General in Tehran.
Capt. Paul M. Needham, Jr., 30, Bellevue, NE. Air Force logistics staff officer.
Robert C. Ode, 65, Sun City, AZ. Retired Foreign Service officer on temporary duty in Tehran.
Sgt. Gregory A. Persinger, 23, Seaford, DE. Marine guard.
Jerry Plotkin, 45, Sherman Oaks, CA. Private businessman visiting Tehran.
MSgt. Regis Ragan, 38, Johnstown, PA. Army noncom, assigned to defense attaché's officer.
Lt. Col. David M. Roeder, 41, Alexandria, VA. Deputy Air Force attaché.
Barry M. Rosen, 36, Brooklyn, NY. Press attaché.
William B. Royer, Jr., 49, Houston, TX. Assistant director of Iran-American Society.
Col. Thomas E. Schaefer, 50, Tacoma, WA. Air Force attaché.
Col. Charles W. Scott, 48, Stone Mountain, GA. Army officer, military attaché.
Cmdr. Donald A. Sharer, 40, Chesapeake, VA. Naval air attaché.
Sgt. Rodney V. (Rocky) Sickmann, 22, Krakow, MO. Marine Guard.
Staff Sgt. Joseph Subic, Jr., 23, Redford Township, MI. Military policeman (Army) on defense attaché's staff.
Elizabeth Ann Swift, 40, Washington, DC. Chief of embassy's political section; one of two women hostages.
Victor L. Tomseth, 39, Springfield, OR. Senior political officer; one of three held in Iranian Foreign Ministry.
Phillip R. Ward, 40, Culpeper, VA. Administrative officer.
Richard I. Queen, 28, New York, NY. Vice consul.
Robert Anders, 34, Port Charlotte, FL. Consular officer.
Mark J. Lijek, 29, Falls Church, VA. Consular officer.
Cora A. Lijek, 25, Falls Church, VA. Consular assistant.
Henry L. Schatz, 31, Coeur d'Alene, ID. Agriculture attaché.
Joseph D. Stafford, 29, Crossville, TN. Consular officer.
Kathleen F. Stafford, 28, Crossville, TN. Consular assistant.
Kathy Gross, 22, Cambridge Springs, PA. Secretary.
Sgt. James Hughes, 30, Langley Air Force Base, VA. Air Force administrative manager.
Lillian Johnson, 32, Elmont, NY. Secretary.
Sgt. Ladell Maples, 23, Earle, AR. Marine guard.
Elizabeth Montagne, 42, Calumet City, IL. Secretary.
Sgt. William Quarles, 23, Washington, DC. Marine guard.
Lloyd Rollins, 40, Alexandria, VA. Administrative officer.
Capt. Neal (Terry) Robinson, 30, Houston, TX. Administrative officer.
Terri Tedford, 24, South San Francisco, CA. Secretary.
Sgt. Joseph Vincent, 42, New Orleans, LA. Air Force administrative manager.
Sgt. David Walker, 25, Hampton, TX. Marine guard.
Joan Walsh, 33, Ogden, UT. Secretary.
Cpl. Wesley Williams, 24, Albany, NY. Marine guard.
Capt. Richard L. Bakke, 34, Long Beach, CA. Air Force.
Sgt. John D. Harvey, 21, Roanoke, VA. Marine Corps.
Cpl. George N. Holmes, Jr., 22, Pine Bluff, AR. Marine Corps.
Staff Sgt. Dewey L. Johnson, 32, Jacksonville, NC. Marine Corps.
Capt. Harold L. Lewis, 35, Mansfield, CT. Air Force.
Tech. Sgt. Joel C. Mayo, 34, Bonifay, FL. Air Force.
Capt. Lynn D. McIntosh, 33, Valdosta, GA. Air Force.
Capt. Charles T. McMillan II, 28, Corrytown, TN. Air Force.

Maybe they can sue the Iranian gov't (or did they already?). Well, I know the last group can't 'cause they died trying to rescue the rest...

[Romulus]

Iran Court Orders U.S. to Pay $600 Million


Yeah.... Let me just write you out a check. :roll:

What are they going to do if we don't comply? Declare Jihad? Well join the long line Iran. Just give us an excuse to drop a few MOAB's in Tehran please Iran please. Some of these judiciaries who decided this need a good asspunch!

I hope the US will go and take out the regime in Iran.

[usa320]

we will...give it time, time my friend.

[Marmot1]

Sad part is that US ralu delivered chemical weapons to saddam in 80's as one of the ex iraqi oficer stated US nelivered not only technology but ready to use artilery shells...

[Marmot1]

Sad part is that US ralu delivered chemical weapons to saddam in 80's as one of the ex iraqi oficer stated US nelivered not only technology but ready to use artilery shells...

[Marmot1]

Sad part is that US ralu delivered chemical weapons to saddam in 80's as one of the ex iraqi oficer stated US nelivered not only technology but ready to use artilery shells...

[Yager]

Well since they took some of our people hostage,and our rescue mission cost us several lives and some equipment .Maybe well can it even,then again maybe not......

[army cadet_ngcsu]

You know I also read a book some years ago that also showed proof that it was not only the US that supplied the Iraqis, but also most of the Western World. Hell, the French even went as far to sell them a nuclear reactor. So why is it just the US that has to foot the bill when the UK, Germans, French, and others helped ol' Saddam develop his chemical and biological weapons.

[Pooga]

Wait, I thought Saddam didn't have WMDs? I'm so lost!

Not only did he never have WMDs, they were supplied by the US!

[Merik]

Wait, I thought Saddam didn't have WMDs? I'm so lost!

Not only did he never have WMDs, they were supplied by the US!


Say what???

[Pooga]

…I'm being facetious.

Yeah, facetious is a funny word.

[Abolith]

That reactor didn't last very long if I remeber right. I belive it was Isreal who bombed it in the 80's to stop Saddam from getting nukes.

[Pooga]

Indeed. Like "Osirak" or something.

[Seoulstriker]

I guess academic exchange agreements == weapons trade programs. :roll:

I believe the US knew what the Iraqis were going to use the chemicals for, so no, it wasn't just academic exchange agreements.


No, the US did not know that they would be developed for weapons. The US had academic exchange programs with all their allies as a sign of goodwill.

[Haiw]

I guess academic exchange agreements == weapons trade programs. :roll:

I believe the US knew what the Iraqis were going to use the chemicals for, so no, it wasn't just academic exchange agreements.


No, the US did not know that they would be developed for weapons. The US had academic exchange programs with all their allies as a sign of goodwill.
Riiiight. So they're giving instructions how to make some of the deadliest chemicals in the world and they think they're gonna use it to try and change a puppy's hair color? Get real...

[Salty Dog]

awwwww, Iran thinks he's people.... :roll:

[Kilgor]

"I better go call my lawyer" rofl

[Romulus]

awwwww, Iran thinks he's people....

rofl

hahaha

[foxtrot023]

Indeed. Like "Osirak" or something.

Since Mr. Chirak, who is the current President of France, sold it to Iraq, it was jokingly called the O`Chirak.

[Pooga]

Since Mr. Chirak, who is the current President of France, sold it to Iraq, it was jokingly called the O`Chirak.
Teehee!

[sethen]

It appears that the Iranian courts are much like the American courts: full of sh!t and ran by fools. :roll: