Yes, Iran protected and continues to protect one of Al Qaeda’s shuras and key personnel plus assorted wives and children — including some of Osama bin Laden’s — but a claim of 9/11 victims against Iran seems tenuous to me. Probably a good thing I never tried to be a lawyer.
The filings in New York come as US Sherlocks continue to probe the alleged involvement of the Suez Rajan, owned by Los Angeles-based private equity firm Oaktree Capital Management, in the sanctioned trade of Iranian oil as negotiations continue over Tehran’s collapsing nuclear deal with world powers.Fleetscape, the Oaktree subsidiary that owns the Suez Rajan, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The federal court filings, submitted late Thursday in the US, call on American authorities to seize the crude oil and sell it on behalf of families to in part settle an over $3 billion judgment issued against Iran
...Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979...over the attacks.
The filing suggests as many as 1 million barrels of oil could be aboard the Suez Rajan, crude put there by the National Iranian Oil Co. and the National Iranian Tanker Corp., both now sanctioned entities by the US Treasury.
The group United Against Nuclear Iran raised allegations against the Suez Rajan in a February letter to Oaktree Capital Management, which holds assets worth over $160 billion.