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Stephen Flatow is an American lawyer 〔(When justice for terror victims is hostage to politics )〕 notable for initiating a series of law suites targeting the Islamic Republic of Iran and several international banks who processed transactions on Iran's behalf, which were linked to terrorist activities. Flatow is the father of Alisa Flatow, who was killed during in a suicide bombing attack on a bus carried out by militants belonging to the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine group in near Kfar Darom in the Gaza Strip in 1995. After his daughter's death, Flatow commenced a series of lawsuits against the government of Iran. An amendment to the US Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, which enabled Flatow to successfully sue Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism is named after him ("The Flatow Amendment").〔(Finding Justice for Victims of State-Sponsored Terrorism )〕 Beginning in 2006, he has helped the United States government identify parties illegally processing financial transactions for Iran. He has also written op-eds on issues related to terrorism for a number of newspapers.〔Stephen M. Flatow. (Will my daughter’s killers go free? ), nypost.com, July 31, 2013 〕〔(Using Tort Law Against State Terror Sponsors ), latimes.com, August 31, 2002〕 ==External Resources== * (FLATOW v. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stephen Flatow」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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