To satisfy a judgment against the nation of Iran, the plaintiffs in Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 24376 (N.D. Ill. March 19, 2007), sought to attach Persian artifacts in the United States. Section 1609 of the FSIA, 28 U.S.C. § 1609, provides that ‛the property in the United States of a foreign state shall be immune from att ...
To satisfy a judgment against the nation of Iran, the plaintiffs in Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 24376 (N.D. Ill. March 19, 2007), sought to attach Persian artifacts in the United States. Section 1609 of…