Iran court orders US to pay US$330 million for ‘planning coup’ in 1980

Iran Court Orders US to Pay $330M for 'Planning Coup'

A court in Tehran has ordered the U.S. government to pay $330 million in damages for "planning a coup" against the newly established Islamic republic in 1980, the judiciary said Saturday.  A year after the 1979 Islamic revolution that toppled the U.S.-backed shah, a group of mostly army officers tried to overthrow the new government.  State news agency IRNA said the "insurgents" were led by Saeed Mahdiyoun, a former Iranian air force commander, …

U.S. fined $330 for role in 1980 coup plot in Iran

TEHRAN - An Iranian court has ordered the U.S. government to pay $330 million in compensation for the physical and mental damages caused during a failed coup attempt known as Nojeh in July 1980.

Iran Court Orders US to Pay $330 Million for 'Planning Coup' in 1980

A year after the 1979 Islamic revolution that toppled the US-backed shah, a group of mostly army officers tried to overthrow the new government

Iranian court orders US to pay US$330mil for ‘planning coup’

The US is accused of executing a coup against the newly established Islamic republic in 1980.. Iran court orders US to pay $330 mn for ‘planning coup’.

Iran orders US to pay US$330 million for ‘planning coup’

A court in Tehran has ordered the US government to pay US$330 million in damages for “planning a coup” against the newly established Islamic republic in 1980, the judiciary said on Saturday.

Iran court orders US to pay $330 million for ‘planning coup’ in 1980

Court ruling says $30m are to be paid to plaintiffs in material and moral damages, $300m in punitive damages.