Iranian Court Orders USA
TEHRAN: An Iranian court has issued an order demanding the U.S. government to pay $330 million in compensation. The court issued the order for inflicting physical and psychological harm to Iranians during a failed coup attempt known as Nojeh in July 1980.
Iranian court orders USA to pay $300 million fine for sponsoring a failed coup.
During a hearing on Saturday, the court decreed that the plaintiffs must be compensated with $30 million for financial and psychological damages. This was in addition to imposing $300 million in punitive damages on the U.S. government. This verdict resulted from a comprehensive case review and a meticulous examination of available documents.
The families of those who suffered and lost their lives in the scheme lodged a complaint against the U.S. government. The seven other defendants are the 55th branch of the Justice Administration of Tehran for International Affairs.
In August 2022, the lawsuit was submitted to the court. It involved the US government, the State Department, the Pentagon, the CIA, the Treasury Department, the Boeing Company, and James Earl Carter Jr., who held the position of the country’s president at that time.
“The U.S. government’s illicit actions, involving its officials, agencies, and Boeing, for the Nojeh coup have inflicted significant suffering,” expressed the victims’ families’ attorney.
The failed coup, also known as Operation Neqab, was orchestrated by the U.S. It aimed to overthrow the newly established Islamic Republic of Iran in July 1980. Following the exposure of the plot, Iranian authorities arrested several individuals linked to the coup.
The plot centered around seizing control of the Nojeh air base in Iran’s western Hamedan province. The next target involved the systematic killing of hundreds of individuals from that location.
When the news of the planned coup surfaced, the then-Iranian president issued a statement. He stated, ‘Their plan was to make it appear as a coup d’etat to reinstate the Shah. However, the true objective envisaged a pretext for the Iraqi invasion.
