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Monday, August 8, 2016
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Monday, August 8, 2016
Iran ex-president Ahmadinejad writes to Obama over $2b court ruling
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIran’s former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad writes a letter to President Barack Obama asking him to “quickly fix” a US Supreme Court ruling that could cost Iran some $2 billion.
That April ruling allows families of victims of the 1983 Marine barracks bombing in Beirut and other attacks linked to Iran to collect monetary damages from frozen Iranian funds.
In the letter, which is posted on Monday on a website affiliated with Ahmadinejad’s office, he writes: “I passionately advise you not to let the historical defamation and bitter incident be recorded under your name.”
Ahmadinejad says he gave the letter to the Swiss Embassy in Tehran, which represents US interests in Iran. Embassy officials decline to comment.
— AP
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