Relvas v. Islamic Republic of Iran

$920,068,552.81 against Iran

Court: District Court, District of Columbia
Docket: No. 14-cv-1752
Opinion date: February 28, 2018
Ruling: Damages awarded
Compensatory damages: $207,222,647.03
Punitive damages: $712,845,905.78
Total award: $920,068,552.81 (stated)
Collection: Satisfaction not on docket (RECAP search, Oct. 17, 2026)

Marine Gen. P.X. Kelley and Col. Tim Geraghty walking Vice President George H.W. Bush around the bombed barracks site — Gen. P.X. Kelley (left) and Col. Tim Geraghty (right) show Vice President George H.W. Bush the site two days after the bombing. Photo: Randy Gaddo, U.S. Department of Defense, via DVIDS (public domain)

The opinion: “…the bombing of the United States Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon on October 23, 1983.”

Docket on CourtListener Opinion Opinion PDF

Cite Relvas v. Islamic Republic of Iran, No. 14-cv-1752 (D.D.C. Feb. 28, 2018), CourtListener, https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4473396/relvas-v-islamic-republic-of-iran/.

Figures as stated in the opinion; checked word for word against the opinion text. Plaintiff names and per-plaintiff awards are in the opinion itself.