American victims of terrorism have filed a civil-court case against the European Investment Bank (EIB) for maintaining financial ties with Iran, a country that continues to provide financial support for terror acts around the world.
The families are being represented by the Shurat HaDin Israeli legal advocacy organization. “Iran is a state that finances and carries out terrorism,” Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, the president and founder of Shurat HaDin, said in a statement.
According to Shurat HaDin, there are more than $43 billion in unresolved legal verdicts that the Iranian regime refuses to pay to terror victims, while at the same time paying a steady stream of funds to terrorists. The organization is asking the court to turn over Iranian funds held by EIB to pay the court-ordered judgements.
“If the European Investment Bank continues to do business with Iran, funds sent to Iran through the EIB will also be used to directly finance terrorism,” said Darshan-Leitner. “We will pursue the Iranian regime until it takes responsibility for its horrific actions and compensates the victims of its terrorism as ordered by the U.S. courts.”