Anti-Terrorism Insight

"The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today announced a $894,111 settlement with Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (“Comtech”), based in Melville, New York, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp. (“EF Data”), headquartered in Tempe, Arizona. Comtech, a company specializing in the sales of advanced communications systems, software, and services, has agreed to settle its potential civil liability for four apparent violati

The Herischi Law is proud to announce a monumental legal victory against the Islamic Republic of Iran for the brutal torture of esteemed journalist Isa Saharkhiz. This triumph underscores the courage and perseverance of Isa Saharkhiz and his son, Mehdi Saharkhiz, in their relentless quest for justice. In a decisive ruling, Judge Ana C. Reyes acknowledged the regime's systematic use of torture, bolstered by comprehensive reports from the United Nations, various human rights o

On March 6, 2023, Shiwa Nahadi, Tara Mahmoudzadeh, and the Estate of Omer Mahmoudzadeh filed a lawsuit under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) in the District of Columbia against the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The case addressed the extrajudicial killing of Omer Mahmoudzadeh, a U.S. citizen and humanitarian aid worker, during Iran’s missile and drone attack on Kurdish refugee camps in Koysinjaq, Iraq, on September 28,

در تاریخ ۶ مارس ۲۰۲۳، شیوا نهادی، تارا محمودزاده و دارایی عمر محمودزاده، با استناد به قانون مصونیت‌های حاکمیتی خارجی (FSIA) در دادگاهی در ناحیه کلمبیا علیه جمهوری اسلامی ایران و سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی شکایتی تنظیم کردند. این پرونده به قتل فراقضایی عمر محمودزاده، شهروند آمریکایی و امدادگر بشردوستانه، در حمله موشکی و پهپادی ایران به اردوگاه‌های پناهجویان کرد در کوی‌سنجق عراق در ۲۸ سپتامبر ۲۰۲۲ پرداخته است. این حمله که به گفته اسناد دادگاه، با ۷۰ موشک بالستیک و پهپادهای انت

Migrants deported from the United States entering a shelter in Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica مرکز حقوق بشر هریسچی، به همراه کلینیک دعاوی بین‌المللی دانشکده حقوق کرنل و شورای استراتژیک جهانی دعاوی حقوق پناهندگان، دادخواستی اضطراری به کمیسیون بین‌المللی حقوق بشر سازمان کشورهای آمریکایی (IACHR) علیه دولت پاناما ثبت کرده است. این شکایت به نمایندگی از آرتمیس قاسم‌زاده و ۹ پناهجوی دیگر ارائه شده و خواستار اقدامات فوری برای جلوگیری از اخراج آن‌ها به .کشورهای مبدأ و تضمین حق ملاقات

Washington, D.C. — The Herischi Human Rights Law Center, in collaboration with the Cornell Law School Transnational Disputes Clinic and the Global Strategic Litigation Council for Refugee Rights, has filed an emergency petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on behalf of Artemis Ghasemzadeh and nine other asylum-seekers detained incommunicado in Panama’s Darién region. The petition seeks urgent precautionary measures to prevent their imminent expul

Iran and IRGC Held Liable for Torture of Mr. Abbas Amirentezam

Koya Attack by IRGC

Herischi Human Rights Law Center Wins $34 Million Judgment Against Iran for Torturing and Hostage taking of Siamak Pourzand In triumph for ideas that foreign states should be held accountable for their acts of violation of human rights, Herischi Human Right Law Center a division of Herischi & Associates successfully received a federal court judgment in the amount of $34 million on September 30, 2022, against Iran on behalf of the spouse and two daughters of Siamak Pourzand,

چهارسال از غرق شدن نفتکش سانچی می گذرد و هنوز خانواده‌ها چشم انتظار شنیدن خبری از خدمه سانچی هستند. در این چهارسال گروهی از خانواده‌ها که روایت رسمی سانحه را قبول نکرده‌اند در دادگاه‌های ایران و آمریکا پیگیر سرنوشت عزیزان خود بوده‌‌اند. آنها در این مدت در زیر فشارهای مالی و روانی و امنیتی وارد شده، هیچ کوتاهی نکرده‌اند و از قصد خود برای کشف حقیقت و عدالت قدمی عقب نگذاشته‌اند. دفتر حقوقی هریسچی در سال ۲۰۲۰ به نمایندگی از خانواده‌های ده تن از خدمه این کشتی با طرح شکایتی در دادگ

Herischi & Associates LLC, on behalf of the families of several victims who died when Ukrainian Flight 752 was shot down by Iranian air defenses, has filed a suit in D.C. District Court against the Iranian government and IRGC. Several families of victims who are U.S. citizens have filed the following complaints to shine a light on hidden details of the accident and prevent any attempts by the Iranian government to cover up or suppress the truth and rights of the victims' fam

دفتر حقوقی هریسچی از ایران و سپاه پاسداران بابت ساقط کردن هواپیمای اکراینی در دادگاه فدرال واشنگتن دی سی شکایتی را ثبت کرده است.

Swiss Embassy in Tehran has served the Islamic Republic of Iran as the Defendant on August 19, 2020. The service has been completed under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. Iran has 60 days to answer to our Complaint. Our office received the confirmation of service from the Department of State today. Read more about the case here. Washington, DC. August 28, 2019. Banafsheh Zand, an Iranian American journalist, writer, and human rights activist, filed an action against the

Swiss Embassy in Tehran has served the Islamic Republic of Iran as the Defendant on August 19, 2020. The service has been completed under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. Iran has 60 days to answer to our Complaint. Our office received the confirmation of service from the Department of State today. Read more about the case here. Backstory: Mehrangiz Kar, Iranian human rights lawyer, and activist, and Banafsheh Zand, Iranian-American journalist, and human rights activist,

پاسخ دفتر حقوقی هریسچی به اظهارات علی ربیعی سخنگوی دولت جمهوری اسلامی ایران

Family members brought an action under the Alien Tort Claim Act (“ATS”) and the Torture Victims Protection Act (“TVPA”) against NITC...