6 years after the families of US servicemen killed and wounded in 1983 Lebanon bomb attack started a lawsuit against Iran, a federal judge has ordered Tehran to pay 2.65 billion dollars in compensation. The bases for this decision are the alleged funds and training that Iran provided to the group that carried out the attack. Iran hasn't responded to this ruling.
Similar compensation was paid by Libya to the families of passenger killed in the Lockerbie plane bombing.
But, it's highly unlikely that Iran will pay any compensation, and the ruling will almost certainly result in a further worsening of relations between it and the USA.
Read more in the BBC article.
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