US court throws out $1.68 billion judgement against Iran’s central bank

A crane is brought in after the explosion of the Marine Corps building in Beirut, Lebanon October 23, 1983.
A crane is brought in after the explosion of the Marine Corps building in Beirut, Lebanon October 23, 1983.

A US appeals court has overturned a $1.68 billion judgment against Iran’s central bank, angering the families of US Marine Corps personnel killed in the 1983 Iran-backed truck bombing in Beirut.