UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
NETHANIAL CHAIM BLUTH, et al.,:
Plaintiffs,
v. Civil Action No. 12-250 (GK)
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN,
et al.
Defendants.
Memorandum 0pinion
On February 13, 2012, ten members of the Bl'uth family
("Plaintiffs" or "the Bluths") filed a Complaint alleging that the
Islamic Republic of Iran, the Iranian Ministry of Information and
Security, and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps ("Iranian
Defendants") are liable under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
("FSIA"), 28 U.S.C. § 1605A, for Plaintiffs' physical and emotional
injuries arising from a terrorist attack by Hamas directed at a
classroom full of students studying Torah on March 7, 2002. Am.
Compl.