President Clinton nullified a provision contained in the new budget law aimed at helping the family of an American Jewish victim of terrorism collect damages from Iran. The family of Alisa Flatow has been attempting to gain access to Iranian assets in the United States ever since a U.S. judge earlier this year ordered Iran to pay the family $247.5 million for its role in bankrolling the 1995 terrorist attack in Gaza that claimed the 20-year-old student’s life. The provision would have helped the family collect the sum by forcing the sale of three Iranian properties in Washington. But the Clinton administration has opposed the move, calling it a violation of U.S. law and treaty obligations.
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