TEL-AVIV BASED CIVIL RIGHTS CENTER FILES LIEN AGAINST BOEING

TEL-AVIV BASED CIVIL RIGHTS CENTER FILES LIEN AGAINST BOEING, RESTRAINING IRANIAN INTEREST IN BOEING/IRAN AIR AIRPLANE DEAL ON BEHALF OF TERROR VICTIMS HOLDING JUDGMENTS AGAINST IRAN

“AMERICAN COMPANIES LIKE BOEING SHOULD NOT BE PROFITTING FROM BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES WITH IRAN WHILE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FEDEAL COURT JUDGMENTS FOR IRANIAN TERROR VICTIMS REMAIN UNPAID.”

On December 13, 2016, the Tel-Aviv based Shurat HaDin-Israel Law Center served aerospace giant, The Boeing Company, with an Illinois Citation to Discover Assets, restraining Iran’s interest in the just finalized $16.6 billion contract for Boeing’s sale of 80 airplanes to IRANAIR, the Iranian national airline. This is the first business deal for aircrafts with an American company since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

The Shurat HaDin organization, which represents hundreds of families of terror victims, alleges that there are billions of dollars in unsatisfied US court judgments, which Iran needs to pay off before it can purchase the planes. In June this year, when the multi-billion dollar deal was first announced, Shurat HaDin warned Boeing that terror victims would place liens against any property Iran purchases from Boeing to execute their judgments. At that time, Shurat HaDin Director, Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, said “We are going to seize all 100 airplanes. If Boeing thinks it will simply sell to IRANAIR, which is 60% owned by the Iranian government, and pretend it is providing some sort of humanitarian civilian aid to a non-governmental entity, we will reveal the truth.”

Attorneys for Shurat HaDin have litigated numerous cases in the US courts against Iran for its sponsorship of Middle Eastern terrorist organizations such as Hamas, Hezbollah and Palestine Islamic Jihad. The cases, brought on behalf of victims and families killed and injured in Iranian-sponsored terrorist attacks, have resulted in multi-billion dollar federal court judgments against Iran and its Defense Ministry. Only a small portion of the judgements have been collected upon. It is believed that there are almost $43 billion in unsatisfied American judgments against Iran.

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