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US court: Iran, others to pay US$6 billion for 9/11AFP NEW YORK -- A U.S. judge formally ordered Iran, al-Qaida and several other defendants Wednesday to pay US$6 billion compensation to the victims of 9/11 attacks, in a largely symbolic ruling.
October 5, 2012, 2:12 pm TWN Although Iran denies any connection to 9/11, it was included in the list of alleged culprits by the U.S. District Court in New York, along with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, Afghanistan's Taliban guerrillas and al-Qaida, which took credit for the massive terror attack. Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is also named. However, the money, awarded for economic, personal and punitive damages for a total of US$6,048,513,805, is unlikely to be recovered. Iran is in a tense standoff with the United States over multiple issues, especially its nuclear industry and alleged plan to build an atomic weapon. Iranian-backed Hezbollah has no relations with the United States.
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