Legal Documents

Stipulation of Dismissal, signed 10/02/07
Complaint, filed 9/27/04
Memorandum of Law
Order to Show Cause
Marc Brodsky's Declaration for PSP/AAP
Peter Givler's Declaration for AAUP
Salman Rushdie's Declaration for PEN
Richard Seaver's Declaration for Arcade
D. Ross Declaration, Alabama (scroll to p.2)
J. Ackerman Declaration, Cornell (p.2)
W. Breichner Declaration, Johns Hopkins (p.2)
W.E. Sharp Dec., Mathematical Geology (p.2)
J. Francendese Dec., Temple (p.2)
S. Mahler Declaration (p.2)

Edward Davis, Counsel, Declaration (scroll to p.2)
Exhibit A to Davis Declaration
Exhibit B to Davis Declaration
Exhibit C to Davis Declaration
Exhibit D to Davis Declaration
Exhibit E to Davis Declaration
Exhibit F to Davis Declaration
Exhibit G to Davis Declaration
Exhibit H to Davis Declaration
Exhibit I to Davis Declaration

Complaint, Shirin Ebadi &
Strothman Agency—10/27/04
Memorandum of Law (Ebadi & Strothman)
Anthony J. Diana's Declaration
including S. Ebadi and W. Strothman Dec.

October 1, 2007: Publishers and Authors End Suit Against OFAC: Government Issues New Regulations regarding Publications from Iran, Sudan, and Cuba

December 15, 2004: Treasury Department Announces Changes to Regulations
Plaintiffs' Group Response to Announcement

Plaintiffs

Professional and Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division of the Association of American Publishers
The Association of American University Presses (AAUP)
PEN American Center
Arcade Publishing

Relevant OFAC Rulings

September 15, 2003 OFAC ruling on licensing works to Iranian publishers
September 26, 2003 OFAC ruling on exchange of information between Iranian and U.S. authors
September 30, 2003 OFAC ruling to IEEE
April 2, 2004 OFAC ruling to IEEE
July 6, 2004 OFAC ruling on translation project grants
July 19, 2004 OFAC ruling on newspaper Op-Eds

Press Materials

Press Release on Filing—9/27/04
Background of the suit
Endangered Projects
Press Release on Ebadi Filing—10/27/04
Statement on Treasury Regulation Changes—12/15/04
Ebadi Settles Claim; Original Plaintiffs' Concerns Remain—4/27/05
Plaintiffs End Suit Successfully—10/01/07

Documents and Articles of Interest

Representative Berman's Response to Treasury Regulation Changes
"OFAC Reverses Embargo Ruling," John Dudley Miller, The Scientist, 12/16/04
"Government Eases Rules on Writers in Sanctioned Countries," Edward Wyatt, The New York Times, 12/16/04
"Treasury Department Removes Restrictions on U.S. Publications by Authors in Embargoed Countries,"
Lila Guterman, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 12/16/04
"Will Voices of Dissent Still be Heard?," Scott Martelle, The Los Angeles Times, 12/7/04 Available online here
"Iranian Nobel Winner Suing US Over Memoir," Jackie Lyden, All Things Considered, 12/5/04
"Iran Inanity," editorial, The Boston Globe, 12/2/04
"Treasury is limiting our right to read," editorial, Rocky Mountain News, 11/22/04
"Silencing a Modern Scheherazade," Farzaneh Milani, The Christian Science Monitor, 11/17/04
"Bound but Gagged," Shirin Ebadi, The New York Times, 11/16/04
"Illegal Trafficking in Arms, Drugs, and International Scholarship,"Robert O'Neil, The Chronicle Review, 11/8/04
"Nobel Peace Prize Winner to US: Let Me Be Free to Speak My Mind," Richard Leiby, Washington Post, 11/4/04
"Nobel Winner Ebadi Sues U.S. to Publish Memoirs," Claudia Parsons, Reuters, 11/3/04
"Our new sanctions against expression," Myron Kandel, CNN.com, 11/2/04
BBC Radio “The World”, Interview with Wendy Strothman, 11/2/04
"Nobel Laureate Sues U.S. Over Ban," Jess Bravin, The Wall Street Journal, 11/1/04
"Nobel Laureate Sues U.S. Over Publication," Larry Neumeister, Associated Press, 11/1/04
"Author, Lit Agency Challenge Treasury Regs," Jim Milliot, Publishers Weekly, 11/1/04
"The Right to Publish," editorial, The Chicago Tribune, 10/9/04
"Publishers Sue Treasury Department Over Foreign Editing Rules," Libraryjournal.com, 10/7/04
"Publishers Sue Treasury Dept. Over Publishing Restrictions," Jim Milliot, Publishers Weekly, 10/4/04
"Curb the thought police," editorial, The Baltimore Sun, 9/30/04
"OSCE media freedom watchdog asks the US to abolish 'book embargo'"
Organization for Security & Cooperation in Europe, 9/30/04
"Ending Editorial Oversight at Treasury," editorial, The New York Times, 9/29/04
"Treasury Being Sued for Curbs on Editing," Edward Wyatt, The New York Times, 9/28/04
"Ban on editing and peer-reviewing material from embargoed nations challenged," John Dudley Miller
The Scientist, 9/28/04
"Suit's topic: Ban on Cuban Books," Christina Hoag, The Miami Herald, 9/28/04
"U.S. Presses Sue to Publish Works from Iran, Cuba," Arthur Spiegelman, Reuters, 9/28/04
"Suit pits free speech vs. 'trading with the enemy,'" Kevin Coughlin, NJ Star-Ledger, 9/27/04
"Publishers Will Sue U.S. Government Over Limits on Editing Articles by Scholars in Embargoed Countries,"
Lila Guterman, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 9/27/04
Lawsuit Challenges Editing Limitations, Sophie Rovner, Chemical & Engineering News, 9/27/04
"Groups Accuse U.S. of Imposing Book Ban," Associated Press, 9/27/04
Rep. Berman's Letter to OFAC regarding IEEE ruling
"The Defendant is Charged with Good Editing," Peter Givler, The Chronicle Review, May 21, 2004