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US judge orders Iran to pay $10.5 billion for 9/11 attacks – YouTube
A US court has ruled that Iran must pay more than 10 billion dollars in damages to families of people killed in the September 2001 terrorist attacks.
A judge in New York issued the default judgment on Wednesday. George Daniels said Iran failed to defend itself against claims that it played a role in the attacks. The ruling is based on the 9/11 Commission Report which stated that some attackers moved through Iran and did not have their passports stamped. It also said Lebanon’s Hezbollah provided advice and training to Al-Qaeda members who carried out the attacks. Daniels had earlier cleared Saudi Arabia from culpability. The allegations come as fifteen of the 19 attackers were Saudi citizens and none were Iranian. The September 11 raids were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by Al-Qaeda.