Cicippio v. Islamic Republic of Iran

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• concluding that a course of conduct that included frequent beatings, pistol whipping, threats of imminent death, electric shocks, and attempts to force confessions by playing Russian roulette and pulling the trigger at each denial constituted torture
• awarding $10,000,000 each to two spouses of victims held hostage and tortured for 63 and 44 months, respectively
• awarding spouses $10 million each, where husbands were held hostage for 63 and 44 months
• awarding one plaintiff $9 million in damages after he was kidnapped, held hostage, and extensively tortured for 532 days
• finding \torture\ where prisoners were \subjected to regular beatings on all parts of their bodies\ over an 18-month period
• finding “torture” where prisoners were “subjected to regular beatings on all parts of their bodies” over an lS-month period

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