Terrorism Victims Get Case Against Iranian Bank Reinstated

A lawsuit by Americans alleging that an Iranian bank funded the rocket attacks in Israel that caused their injuries was revived by the Second Circuit Thursday, because its dismissal by the district court was based on a mistake of fact.

The district court operated under the mistaken belief that it lacked personal jurisdiction over the bank, the opinion by Judge Gerard E. Lynch said.

The case was originally filed under the Antiterrorism Act against Bank Saderat PLC in the US District Court for the District of Columbia. The bank argued that the court lacked personal jurisdiction over it, but the ...