1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Legal SidebarLegal Sidebari i Irans Central Bank Asks Supreme Court to Consider Whether the Banks Assets Abroad are Immune from Attachment to Satisfy Terror Judgments Updated January 14, 2020 Update: The Supreme Court on January 13, 2020, g
2、ranted review and vacated the decision below, remanding to the Second Circuit for reconsideration in light of section 1226 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2020 (P.L. 116-92), which amended section 502 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8772) t
3、o make the assets at issue in this case available for execution to satisfy the judgment. The original post from May 30, 2018 follows. Irans central bank, Bank Markazi, has asked the Supreme Court to reverse a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (Second Circuit) , which concl
4、uded that the banks assets held in Luxembourg may be ordered transferred to New York for possible satisfaction of terrorism judgments obtained under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA). At issue is Bank Markazis right to payment of bond proceeds of about $1.68 billion being held by, reflecte
