SOME IRANIAN-AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS are cooperating with both Justice Department "actors" and the Iranian Government to prevent the sale of those Iranian cuneiform tablets as compensation for terrorism:

NIAC and IABA Join Forces to Protect Ancient Persian Article

By Shervin Boloorian, National Iranian American Council (Payvand)

Washington DC, July 27, 2006 - The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) and the Iranian American Bar Association (IABA) are joining forces to protect priceless Persian artifacts from being sold for private profit. The artifacts excavated from Persepolis are under threat of being seized by a legal defense team and auctioned off as compensation for a 1997 terror bombing attack in Israel.

Already having spurred a grassroots effort to persuade US Department of Justice actors to assist the University of Chicago, NIAC is now working with IABA and other Iranian-American organizations to pursue additional and complimentary avenues to prevent the ancient relics from being auctioned

The Iranian government's recent decision to appear in court has opened up opportunities for outside parties to play a role in protecting the artifacts. Since the Iranian government is being sued, only the government in Tehran itself has standing to represent itself. At a lower level court, the University of Chicago's efforts to retain the clay tablets was rejected for this precise reason.

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The case is to be heard on 21 August.