For the first time, 85 Israeli citizens who were harmed by rocket attacks throughout the Second Lebanon Conflict, are suing the Central Bank of Iran, Bank Saderat in Teheran and Bank Saderat PLC in London. The lawsuit, Kaplan v. Central Bank of Iran (CBI), which was filed at the Federal Court in Washington, D.C., demands damages of one billion dollars and a non specified amount for punitive damages.

The plaintiffs include Israelis, Americans and Canadians whose relatives were killed or who themselves were injured in the war. Their claim is that the above-mentioned banks are controlled by the Iranian government and that they provided HIzballah terrorists with more than 50 million dollars through the years prior to the war. This, they state, proves obvious intent

The plaintiffs base their claims on the findings of the American Department of the Treasury.
to aid the terrorist organization in its attacks on American and Israeli targets as the money was used to plan and execute rocket fire that rained on Israeli cities through the war.

The plaintiffs base their claims on the findings of the American Department of the Treasury, dated October 25, 2007, which say that Bank Saderat transferred funds for promoting terror to Hizballah from the CBI through the PLC Saderat Bank in London during the years 2001-2006.

This is the first suit filed by terror victims against the Iranian banking system. The plaintiffs are represented by lawyers Robert Tolchen of fresh York and Nitsana Darshan-Leitner of Israel.

According to Darshan Leitner: " The Central Bank of Iran and Bank Saderat are the main monetary pipelines leading from Iran to Hizballah. If not for these money transfers, HIzballah would not have been able to erect and maintain its infrastructure, train the terrorists in its ranks, or execute the massive rocket attacks on Israel. These banks, whose activity in Europe is completely unrestrained, knowingly and purposefully aided and abetted Hizballah terror. They are accountable for the damage inflicted on citizens in these attacks. This is the first suit intended at the Iranian banking system and will prove the massive funding Iran gave Hizballah."

Att'y Tolchen added: "In the light of the clear findings of the US Treasury Department, we do not expect any problems proving liability in this case." 

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