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Cyrus Elahi case, Order and Judgment
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
______________ FILED
DARIUSH ELAHI, individually and as
next-of-kin and representative of the
Estate of Cyrus Elahi, Clerk, U.S. D stricI Court
District of Columbia
Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 99-2802 (JHG)
v.
THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
and TIlE IRANIAN MINTSTRY OF
INFORMATION AND SECURITY,
Defendants.
ORDER AND . IUDGMENT
Pursuant to the accompanying Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, it is this
20th day of December, 2000,.
ORI ERED that judgment be and itis entered on behalf of Plaintiff, Dariush
Elahi, as Administrator of the Estate of Cyrus Elahi against Defendants, The Islamic
Republic of fran, and The franian Ministry of Information and Security, jointly and
severally, for loss of accretions to the Estate of Cyrus Elahi in the amount of SEVEN
HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FIFTY NNE
DOLLARS ($725,359); it is
FURTHER ORDERED that judgment be and it is entered on behalf of Plaintiff,
Dariush Elahi, as Administrator of the Estate of Cyrus Elahi against Defendants, The
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Islamic Republic of Iran, and The Iranian Ministry of Information and Security, jointly
and severally, for the funeral expenses of the Estate of Cyrus Elahi in the amount of
FOURTEEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY SIX DOLLARS ($14,676); it is
FURTHER ORDERED that judgment be and it is entered on behalf of Plaintiff,
Dariush Elahi, as Administrator of the Estate of Cyrus Elahi against Defendants, The
Islamic Republic of fran, and The Iranian Ministry of Information and Security, jointly
and severally, for the conscious pain and suffering of Cyrus Elahi in the amount of ONE
MiLLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000); it is
FURTHER ORDERED that judgment be and it is entered on behalf of Plaintiff,
Dariush Elahi, as Administrator of the Estate of Cyrus Elahi, on behalf of himself and
surviving sibling Etham Elahi, against Defendants, The Islamic Republic of Iran, and
The Iranian Ministry of Information and Security, jointly and severally, for solatium, in
the total amount of TEN MILLION DOLLARS ($10,000,000), allocated as follows: to
Decedent's brother, Dariush Elahi, FIVE TMILLTON DOLLARS ($5,000,000); to
Decedent's brother, Elham Elahi, FIVE MILLION DOLLARS ($5,000,000); it is
FURTHER ORDERED that judgment be and it is entered on behalf of Plaintiff,
Dariush Elahi, as Administrator of the Estate of Cyrus Elahi, against Defendant, The
Iranian Ministry of Information and Security for punitive damages in the amount of
THREE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($300,000,000); and it is
FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court cause a copy of this Order
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and Judgment and accompanying Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law to be
translated into Farsi, at plaintiff's expense, and transmitted, as soon as possible, to the
U.S. Department of State for diplomatic service upon the defendants.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: December 20, 2000
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JOYCE HENS GREEN
United States District Judge
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