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Heirs seek €21.5M from Paris over Baghdad embassy
Heirs of the owners of the French Embassy building in Iraq, who are Iraqi Jews, will turn to the French judiciary to claim 21.5 million euros as compensation for unpaid rents dating back over fifty years and for moral damages. This follows the Iraqi authorities' seizure of their property during the Jewish migration from Iraq in the 1940s. The property was owned by brothers Ezra and Khudori Lewy, who signed a lease agreement with the French Embassy in 1964, but the Iraqi authorities subsequently confiscated the assets. The French Foreign Ministry stated that these contracts were made with Baghdad after the properties had been expropriated by Iraqi laws. However, the lawyer confirmed that France is occupying a building it does not own, and he has filed a case with the Administrative Court in Paris in May 2024.
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