In re: 650 Fifth Avenue and Related Properties

  1. February 05, 2015

    Family Asks For Spot In Iran-Held NYC Tower Dispute

    The family of a terrorist hostage victim who holds a $28.8 million judgment against Iran asked a New York federal court on Wednesday to be let in on a lien priority dispute related to the sale of Iran's interests in a Manhattan tower.

  2. January 12, 2015

    Evidence Dispute In Iran-Held NYC Tower Suit Intensifies

    The family of a U.S. diplomat killed by Iranian terrorists again urged a New York federal court on Monday to consider new exhibits in a lien priority dispute related to the sale of Iran's interests in a Manhattan tower, blasting other families' arguments that the exhibits don't prove a lien renewal.

  3. January 06, 2015

    Court Urged To Nix New Exhibit In Iran-Owned Property Spat

    Several families of terrorism victims involved in a lien priority dispute over the sale of Iran's interests in a Manhattan tower asked a New York federal court judge on Monday to disregard recently submitted material that purports to support another family's lien claim.

  4. November 14, 2014

    Lien Dispute Over Iran-Owned Building Grows

    Another family joined a growing group of plaintiff-claimants on Friday in a dispute in a New York federal court among relatives of terror attack victims over whose lien takes priority after the sale of a Manhattan property with ties to Iran.

  5. November 05, 2014

    Families Say $2.7B Iran Claim Trumps Rival Property Lien

    The families of terrorism victims who won a $2.65 billion claim against Iran in 2007 filed a motion in New York federal court Wednesday to challenge a rival plaintiff's lien priority, in a dispute about the proceeds from selling off a Manhattan building with ties to Iran.

  6. October 21, 2014

    Family Moves To Ax Lien Priority At Iran-Owned NYC Building

    The family of a U.S. diplomat killed by Iranian terrorists in 1984 asked a New York federal court on Tuesday to deny their rival plaintiffs' lien priority motion in a dispute over the Iran-backed ownership of 650 Fifth Ave. in Manhattan, alleging they failed to show they hold liens on the properties.

  7. October 10, 2014

    Plaintiffs Spar Over Lien Priority At Iran-Owned NYC Building

    A group of plaintiffs in a dispute over the controversial Iran-backed ownership of 650 Fifth Ave. in Manhattan urged a New York federal judge on Thursday to prioritize their liens against the building and other properties at stake in the case.

  8. July 14, 2014

    Victims Want All Iran-Linked NYC Tower Suits Consolidated

    Several families of 9/11 victims told the Second Circuit on Friday that the appeals of several long-running disputes over the ownership of an Iranian-linked Manhattan skyscraper should all be consolidated, not just the 10 suits proposed by The Alavi Foundation.

  9. May 29, 2014

    Door Open For Appeal In Fight Over Iranian-Linked NYC Tower

    A New York federal judge on Tuesday entered final judgment in a long-running dispute over the ownership of an Iranian-linked Manhattan skyscraper, opening the door for defendant The Alavi Foundation to appeal the surrendering of the property and giving sale proceeds to the families of 9/11 victims.

  10. April 17, 2014

    US To Pay Terror Victims Proceeds Of Iranian Building Sale

    Federal prosecutors Wednesday reached an agreement to distribute proceeds from the sale of an Iranian-linked Manhattan skyscraper to the families of victims of the 9/11 attacks and other state-sponsored acts of terror, the latest development in a years-long saga over the building's ties with Iran.