According to The Block, victims of Iran-related terrorism have filed a petition with a U.S. court, requesting an order for Tether to transfer 344.14 million USDT, which Tether had frozen, to them. The victims have not yet received the terror victim compensation judgments they won against the Iranian government and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in U.S. courts in the past. The plaintiffs argue that since the USDT was held in an IRGC-linked wallet, which is subject to OFAC sanctions, it can be seized and used for compensation enforcement under the U.S. federal Terrorist Asset Forfeiture Act. They also explained, "Tether has previously burned and reissued frozen assets at the request of U.S. investigative agencies," suggesting that assets could be transferred to the victims' wallets in the same manner. This lawsuit is reportedly part of an enforcement process for Iran-related terror victim compensation judgments totaling approximately $2.42 billion.
