Stephen Flatow is an American lawyer notable for initiating a series of lawsuits targeting the

Islamic Republic of Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

and several international banks that processed transactions on Iran's behalf. Flatow is the father of Alisa Flatow, who was killed in a suicide bombing attack on a bus carried out by militants belonging to the

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group near

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in the

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in 1995. After his daughter's death, Flatow commenced a series of lawsuits against the government of Iran. An amendment to the US Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, which enabled Flatow to successfully sue Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism is named after him ("The

Flatow Amendment The Flatow Amendment is an amendment to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 passed in 1996, which allows American victims of terrorism to sue countries that are designated as terrorism sponsors. The legislation establishes that foreign ...

"). Beginning in 2006, he has helped the United States government identify parties illegally processing financial transactions for

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

''A Father's Story''

Flatow published a 2018 memoir, ''A Father’s Story: My Fight for Justice Against Iranian Terror,'' about his response to the murder of his daughter.

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FLATOW v. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
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