PURSUIT OF DAMAGES

The U.S.-Iran deal may also have a direct effect on some of the hostages who have long fought to sue the Iranian government for damages. » The new agreement calls for $4.2 billion in frozen Iranian assets to be released, which could make it more difficult to collect a judgment on any successful lawsuit. » “And what do we get out of it?” asked Clair Cortland Barnes. “A lie saying, ‘We’re not going to make plutonium.’ It’s a winwin for them and it’s a lose-lose for us.”