A federal lawsuit was filed against the government of Iran on behalf of surviving U.S. military veterans and families of service members killed in the 1983 U.S. Marine barracks bombing in Beirut.

Relvas, et al v. Islamic Republic of Iran was filed Monday in federal court in the District of Columbia by Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll attorneys Matthew Axelrod in Washington and Theodore Leopold in West Palm Beach. Axelrod is co-counsel, and Leopold is co-lead counsel, the firm said in a statement.