The Iran Hostages Efforts To Obtain Compensation

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Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Actions and defenses.

Families.

Foreign relations.

Algeria.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2015

Summary:

Outlines history of efforts, including legislation and court cases, to obtain compensation from Iran for the 1979-1981 Iran hostage crisis, in which 52 Americans were held hostage in Tehran for 444 days. Summarizes P.L. 96-449, the Hostage Relief Act of 1980, which authorized pay, educational, and medical benefits for individuals held hostage in Iran, and extended benefits to dependents and certain other family members. Covers the Algiers Accords, President's Commission on Hostage Compensation, the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Anti-Terrorism Act of 1986, and Congressional attempts to amend the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act and abrogate the Algiers Accords. Summarizes current legislative proposals before Congress

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Iran Hostages

Publisher Number:

CRS-2015-DSP-0345

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