--- title: Iran Will Sue U.S. For Return of $2 Billion in Frozen Assets description: The money has been earmarked as compensation for survivors and victims of attacks tied to Iran, after a U.S. Supreme Court order. canonical: https://time.com/4325818/iran-us-supreme-court-terror-attack-compensation/ author: Mark Rivett-Carnac article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-11T08:33:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:27:02.544Z article:section: World og:title: Iran Will Sue the U.S. Over $2 Billion In Frozen Assets og:description: "We will not allow the U.S. to swallow this money so easily" its president says og:url: https://time.com/4325818/iran-us-supreme-court-terror-attack-compensation/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Iran Will Sue the U.S. Over $2 Billion In Frozen Assets twitter:description: "We will not allow the U.S. to swallow this money so easily" its president says twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Iran Will Sue the U.S. for the Return of $2 Billion in Frozen Assets by [Mark Rivett-Carnac](/author/mark-rivett-carnac/) ## Mark Rivett-Carnac May 11, 2016 8:33 AM CUT by [Mark Rivett-Carnac](/author/mark-rivett-carnac/) ## Mark Rivett-Carnac May 11, 2016 8:33 AM CUT Iran will [challenge](https://www.yahoo.com/news/iran-sue-us-over-court-seizure-2-bn-100952730.html "undefined") in international court the U.S. Supreme Court’s order that $2 billion in frozen Iranian assets be paid as compensation for terror attacks, President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised speech on Tuesday. “We will not allow the U.S. to swallow this money so easily,” Rouhani said, according to Agence France-Presse. On April 20, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the $2 billion be paid to the survivors and relatives of attacks Iran had been reportedly tied to, including the 1983 bombing of U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut. The potential court case comes as Tehran and Washington work to improve relations. The two nations along with other world powers reached a long-sought [nuclear deal](http://time.com/3957305/iran-nuclear-deal-obama/ "undefined") last July. \[[_AFP_](https://www.yahoo.com/news/iran-sue-us-over-court-seizure-2-bn-100952730.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4325818/iran-us-supreme-court-terror-attack-compensation/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4325818/iran-us-supreme-court-terror-attack-compensation/"},"headline":"Iran Will Sue the U.S. for the Return of $2 Billion in Frozen Assets","datePublished":"2016-05-11T08:33:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:27:02.544Z","description":"\"We will not allow the U.S. to swallow this money so easily\"","url":"https://time.com/4325818/iran-us-supreme-court-terror-attack-compensation/","keywords":["Iran","Supreme Court","U.S.","compensation","Terror Attack"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mark Rivett-Carnac","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/mark-rivett-carnac/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/iran/","name":"Iran"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4325818/iran-us-supreme-court-terror-attack-compensation/","name":"Iran Will Sue the U.S. for the Return of $2 Billion in Frozen Assets"}}]}] ```