MTN loses effort to stay US lawsuit over alleged Iraq IRGC-linked business
( September 25, 2026, 20:58 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: US District Judge Carol Bagley Amon has denied MTN's effort to stay a lawsuit alleging the company aided and abetted terrorism through their relationships with Iraq-based front companies for Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corp, and denied their request that she certify an interlocutory appeal to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. "I believe these questions are the natural result of percolating case law, rather than the extraordinary circumstances courts are required to find in order to certify appeals," the judge said.Document attached....
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