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After almost four -year quest for justice, the US court determined in favor of the family Lebanese man who was a hostage in Lebanon, Revealing that the Islamic Republic of Iran, which works through Proxy Hezbollah, should be responsible for the abduction and torture of his father.
Two daughters of Amer Fakhoury, Guila and Zoya Fakhoury, for Fox News Digital said it was May 1 US District Court The judge thought Iran was responsible for Fakhoury’s prison.
“This is the first lawsuit to prove Iran’s influence on Lebanon,” Guila said. “We were very happy about the verdict.”
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Amer Fakhoury was arrested a week after traveling to Lebanon in September 2019. was the “butcher” to Khiamaa detention center where serious human rights violations have applied.
Although he was released from December 2019 military prison, only after the Lebanese Supreme Court rejected the charges against Fakhoury in March 2020 that he had managed to return to the US until the moment of his return, Fakhoury lost 60 pounds and suffered from a lymphoma in the late phase, with fractures and other health. He died in September 2020 at the age of 57.
Proofing the suffering and torture of Fakhoury was a battle for the family, although Guili said that the classification of her father State Department as a hostage was crucial in proving the nature of Fakhoury’s captivity.
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Proof That Iran was behind the prison It was harder. In fact, while Guila said some people “laughed” that the family blamed Iran for the harassment of their father, Zoya said that “Iranian influence in Lebanon in recent years further proves our point.”
Since Iran never responded to a lawsuit, Guila said the family was forced to provide evidence that her father testified to the Hezbollah’s control over “every Government agency in Lebanon”, including the Military Hospital, the Military Court and the Lebanese General Directorate for General Security, the intelligence apparatus of the country that had said that he was arrested and tortured.
In Beirut, the bow celebrating Hezbollah and Iranian leader Ali Khamenei, and people gather in front of the hospital after the arrival of several men wounded by exploding handmade glances, in Beirut. (Anwar Amro/AFP via Getty Images | AP Photo/Bassam Masri)
Even when the Lebanese judicial system found Fakhoury innocent of multiple false charges that the killer, terrorist and Israeli agent, Guila said that officials had told Fakhoury that they had to keep it “because Hezbollah wants it [him] in prison. ”
The Fakhouury family faced difficulty even before submitting their case in May 2021, Zoya says that the hezbollah official officials in Lebanon took the threats of family from the death of Fakhoury. Apart from Iran, Iran failed to respond to the lawsuit, Guile said that the Lebanese General Administration of General Security Officers interfered with the lawsuit seeking to be removed by their names and agencies. He says the judge rejected the request.
The long periods of silence from the court also made it difficult for justice, Zoya said. “For the last four years, we have been scared,” she explained. “We were worried that nothing might come out of this.”
Although the family is grateful for the verdict they received, Guili says that they believe that the settlement awarded to a foreign law on immunity of sovereign immunity was a “somewhat unfair decision” and “did not” take into account the pain and suffering of the family “.
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Amer Fakhoury and his family during Christmas 2018 (the kindness of the Fakhoury family)
Still, a significant judgment inserts the way for others to find justice, the family says. “We hope to use the verdict and the job we have done with this administration and [Amer] Foundation Let’s continue our efforts on responsibility, “Guila said.” Many other Lebanese citizens [and] American nationals that the Lebanese government on target, Hezbollah in Lebanon, can now use this case to get justice for what happened to them, “Zoya explained.
The sisters said the following steps are on their way to find justice for their father and to include asking the State Department to sanction “Officials in Lebanon who were traitors and collaborated with Hezbollah and Iran.”
