<p dir="ltr">Not sure why you seem to think that might be so. In the case being reported here, the plaintiffs are American ctitizens suing the Islamic Republic of Iran (the defendant), on the basis of its support to terrorist groups in Gaza Strip (as per the court proceedings.) There is in place, in the US, an exception statute regarding the normal foreign sovereigns' immunity in state and federal courts. That exception statute particularly applies when the foreign sovereign has been entered by USG into a list of states involved in terrorism sponsoring activities (if my understanding is correct), allowing the court to proceed with a case where any such foreign sovereign is the defendant.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Now, are you suggesting that we may conclude from there that the Islamic Republic of Iran (or any other foreign state that is on a USG's blacklist or under its embargo) might be able to bring a case in American courts, at both state and federal levels, in which they would be the plaintiff? Or am I missing something? </p>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 14, 2015 5:57 PM, "Barry Shein" <<a href="mailto:bzs@world.std.com">bzs@world.std.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
From: Mawaki Chango <<a href="mailto:kichango@gmail.com">kichango@gmail.com</a>><br>
>4) there remains another concern (which could have made it to my scenario<br>
>#2). What happens when USG decides to put a country on some black list for<br>
>some peculiar reason of its own which most of the nations-states disgree<br>
>with or do not find necessary (and which might not even have anything to do<br>
>with the Internet)? Wouldn't that country be shut off Californian courts<br>
>for any legal recourse in Internet matters? If so, is that an acceptable<br>
>state of affairs? What would be the remedy?<br>
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Would the recent lawsuits and judgements and continued actions (e.g.,<br>
Haim et al v Islamic Republic of Iran, US Distr Court, DC) in US<br>
courts serve as a counter-example to that concern?<br>
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<a href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=1494831416114150179&q=Haim+v.+Islamic+Republic+of+Iran&hl=en&as_sdt=20006&as_vis=1" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=1494831416114150179&q=Haim+v.+Islamic+Republic+of+Iran&hl=en&as_sdt=20006&as_vis=1</a><br>
<br>
or<br>
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<a href="http://tinyurl.com/o3thbvb" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/o3thbvb</a><br>
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