The Tehran International Court of Justice has sentenced the Government of the United States (USA) this Saturday to pay a fine of 330 million dollars for its alleged participation in an attempted coup against the Islamic Republic in 1980.

“The US government must pay a total of 330 million dollars in compensation to the families of the Noje coup,” the court said in a sentence, reported the Mizan agency, belonging to the Iranian Judiciary.

The Justice of the Persian country found the US government guilty of “planning and carrying out” the so-called Noje coup attempt in 1980, when a group of soldiers loyal to the last shah tried to overthrow the recently established Islamic Republic.

Of the total fine, 30 million correspond to “the survivors and victims of the coup”, who filed the lawsuit, and 300 million are for “punitive damages” against the US administration.

The Noje coup, named after an airbase, was an attempt to overthrow the Islamic Republic founded in 1979 by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and was led by retired Colonel Muhammad Baqir Bani-Amiri and former Prime Minister Shapur Bakhtiar.

According to the Iranian authorities, the coup plotters planned to bomb Khomeini’s house, Parliament and the Revolutionary Guard headquarters, among other targets, all with the support of the United States and the United Kingdom.

Iranian courts regularly sentence the United States and American politicians to millions in fines for their alleged involvement in acts against the Islamic Republic.

In one of the latest cases, a court in the Persian country sentenced nine American individuals and entities in April to pay compensation of $312.9 million for two terrorist attacks claimed by the Islamic State in 2017 due to “Washington’s role in the creation” of the Islamist group.