A Tehran court ruled that the US must pay $22 billion in compensation in "material, moral, and punitive damages," due to Washington's "material and spiritual support" for nationwide protests across Iran, following the death of Mahsa Amini in September 2022, Iran's judiciary spokesperson Asghar Jahangir confirmed on Tuesday.
This would include $5.82 billion in material damages to families who lost loved ones, along with $11.64 billion in moral damages to the same group, Iranian state media IRNA reported.
In addition, it would include $187.5 million in material damages, and $375 million in moral damages to 25 plaintiffs that "suffered severe physical and psychological injuries."
Iran's judiciary also imposed punitive damages of $30.35 billion to "deter future misconduct," in order to counter Washington's "adventurist and terrorist actions," the report added.
The court found the US took "deliberate actions" to finance, encourage, and support "rioters," which "constituted a violation of Iran's sovereignty and international law," Jahangir stated.
The court issued its ruling following the complaint of 607 families "of martyrs and veterans of the 2022 riots," IRNA clarified.
Iran's judiciary has made similar unenforceable rulings in past years, which serve as political statements during strained relations between the two countries, anti-regime London-based outlet Iran International reported.
Amini was hospitalized following Iran's morality police beating her for allegedly not wearing her hijab properly. She died in the hospital on September 16, 2022, sparking a mass wave of global protests, utilizing the slogan "Women, Life, Freedom."
Iranian regime victims urge world leaders to end regime's escalating violence amid third anniversary of Amini's death
On September 15, 2025, the eve of the third anniversary of her death, over 100 victims of the Iranian regime and their families published an open letter addressed to world leaders, urging their immediate action to end the regime's escalating violence.
"The regime’s response to our protests was severe bodily harm: blinding or killing our loved ones with live ammunition, and torturing and executing them with the noose in its prisons," the letter read.
"At home, [the Islamic Republic] silences people through executions and crackdowns; abroad, it threatens global security through state terrorism, hostage-taking, wars waged via its proxies, the production of long-range missiles, and its pursuit of nuclear weapons."
"Despite this bloody repression, the Iranian people – women and men, young and old – continue to protest and struggle for freedom and a dignified life."
The letter also called for the international designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization.
Amid the third anniversary, Tommy Pigott, the Principal Deputy Spokesperson for the US Department of State, issued a statement commemorating Amini’s death, saying: “The United States stands with the people of Iran in their calls for dignity and a better life. We will continue to apply maximum pressure on the Islamic Republic, ensuring it is held accountable for actions against its people and against its neighbors.” He added, “Mahsa’s name will never be forgotten.”
Iranian lawmakers accuse judiciary of inaction on hijab enforcement
A perceived "growing public defiance of the hijab," and "inaction fueling lawlessness in society" led 155 Tehran lawmakers to send a letter addressed to Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, urging the judiciary to "restore governance," and apply regulations on Islamic dress and public behavior, Iran International reported on Tuesday.
IRNA corroborated the letter, stating that Kamran Ghazanfari accused Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf of preventing the implementation of the Chastity and Hijab Law.
Ghalibaf had previously suggested amending the law by changing articles, including reducing fines, before implementing it, IRNA reported.
"The failure to promulgate and implement the Chastity and Hijab Law has been one of the important factors in the spread of veiling, corruption, and prostitution in various cities of the country over the past year," Ghazanfari said in an address to parliament.
Jerusalem Post Staff and The Media Line Staff contributed to this report.