New Hampshire family sues Iran, seeks justice for late father’s monthslong imprisonment in Lebanon

The family of Amer Fakhoury, an American and former hostage imprisoned on the orders of Hezbollah in Lebanon, wants the Iranian regime to pay for his suffering in detention just months before his death last year.

Hezbollah is one of several terrorist groups financed, supported, and directed by the clerical regime in Tehran. 

In an email to Fox News, relatives said they were suing Iran "for the illegal detention and the death of the late U.S. hostage Amer Fakhoury. When Amer was kidnapped, he was told by the Lebanese prosecutor that Hezbollah wants him in prison, and they cannot do anything about it." 

The statement continued, "Lebanon is currently under Iranian occupation. Hezbollah, a terrorist group funded by Iran, controls every sector of the Lebanese government. Our father’s death was a direct result of the torture and the maltreatment he received in the Lebanese General Security by members of Hezbollah."