Iran to file motion in U.S. court to unfreeze funds

TEHRAN, Dec. 31 (MNA) – Iran’s central bank is preparing to file a motion in a New York federal court early next year to release nearly $2 billion of its frozen funds at Citigroup Inc.’s Citibank unit, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The assets were frozen in 2008 after more than 1,000 victims of international terrorism sought the funds as partial payment for a $2.7 billion legal judgment made against Tehran for its alleged role in the 1983 bombing of a Marine Corps barracks in Beirut.