Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Iran, colpito dove fa più male.

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Italian court orders Iran asset freeze
By Guy Dinmore in Washington
Published: December 12 2005 23:22 | Last updated: December 12 2005 23:22
Iran flagA court in Italy has ordered the freezing of an Iranian 
government account held in a Rome bank in what lawyers say represents an 
unprecedented legal victory for three US families seeking compensation 
from Iran for its alleged support of Palestinian suicide bombings that 
killed their relatives.
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Lawyers and activists in Washington said their success in Italy was 
likely to be followed by similar cases against Iran in other courts in 
Europe and possibly Asia. The ruling could also open the floodgates to 
similar civil cases against the Islamic regime and other states accused 
by the US of sponsoring terror.
A civil court in Rome ordered Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL) last week 
to freeze an account held by the Iranian government, drawing diplomatic 
protests from Tehran on the basis that Iran’s official accounts were 
protected by the Vienna Convention governing diplomatic relations.
“It’s not about blood money,” said Steven Flatow, a US lawyer from New 
Jersey whose daughter Alisa was killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber 
on a bus in Gaza in 1995. He told the Financial Times that the three 
families brought their case to demonstrate they had the power to deliver 
the message to Iran that it should stop supporting terrorist groups.
The other two US families involved sought compensation for Sara Duker 
and Matthew Eisenfeld, an engaged couple killed together by a Hamas 
suicide bomber on a Jerusalem bus in 1996.
The three families were the first to take advantage of a 1996 law that 
authorised Americans to sue for damages those nations designated by the 
US as sponsors of international terrorism.
The US courts accepted arguments that Iran had a direct role in both 
bombings through its support and training of the militant groups that 
claimed responsibility. In 1998 and 2000 the courts awarded damages of 
$374m plus interest. After wrangling with the Clinton administration, 
the three families shared about $56m taken from Iranian assets already 
frozen in the US.
They then took their case across the Atlantic to seek the balance and 
continue their campaign for justice.
Legal experts said the Rome court had adopted the rulings of the US 
courts. A further hearing is expected to determine how to award the 
frozen funds.
The Iranian government did not contest any of the US or Italian cases in 
court, but sought redress in direct contact with the capitals.
According to Italian reports, an Italian foreign ministry official wrote 
to the Rome court in an apparent effort to stop the freezing. But 
Gianfranco Fini, foreign minister, intervened on behalf of the 
Americans, according to Mr Flatow.
Senator Frank Lautenberg, a New Jersey Democrat who has followed the 
case closely, said: “Nations that sponsor terrorism like Iran need to 
stop hiding behind legal technicalities that help them evade 
accountability. Those who have suffered at the hands of these terrorists 
should not be denied justice.”
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Teheran, 13 dicembre - L'Ansa riferisce che il quotidiano iraniano in 
lingua inglese Iran News ha scritto oggi che la Repubblica islamica 
potrebbe "ridurre o anche vietare le importazioni" dall'Italia e 
"portare alla luce alcune delle prove del sostegno attivo dell'Italia al 
regime di Saddam Hussein". Questo come rappresaglia per il blocco dei 
fondi iraniani nella filiale di Roma della Banca nazionale del lavoro 
ordinato dal Tribunale civile di Roma.
Il provvedimento giudiziario segue la condanna di Teheran da parte della 
Corte distrettuale di Washington per un attentato compiuto da Hamas nel 
1995 in Israele in cui morirono tre persone, in base all'accusa di 
legami tra la Repubblica islamica e l'organizzazione della resistenza 
palestinese. Tra due giorni è prevista un'udienza presso il Tribunale 
civile di Roma.

 killed their relatives.
Non comprate bond USA nei prossimi 10 anni: se questa legalitą
internazionale esiste veramente, faranno bancarotta.
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