Gration v. Islamic Republic of Iran

$571,500,000 against Iran

Court: District Court, District of Columbia
Docket: No. 21-cv-1859
Opinion date: August 15, 2023
Ruling: Damages awarded
Compensatory damages: Not stated
Punitive damages: $285,750,000
Total award: $571,500,000 (stated)
Collection: Satisfaction not on docket (RECAP search, Oct. 17, 2026)

Airmen cleaning the Khobar Towers memorial wall, which carries portraits of the 19 airmen killed — Airmen clean the Khobar Towers memorial at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., June 2021. Photo: Staff Sgt. Joshua Hoskins, U.S. Air Force, via DVIDS (public domain)

The opinion: “…The explosion killed nineteen American servicemembers and injured dozens of others.”

Docket on CourtListener Opinion Opinion PDF

Cite Gration v. Islamic Republic of Iran, No. 21-cv-1859 (D.D.C. Aug. 15, 2023), CourtListener, https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9420294/gration-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.