<Li> Beirut bombing (1985) </Li> <Li> October 13 massacre </Li> <P> A pro-Iranian group calling itself the Islamic Jihad Organization took responsibility for the bombing in a telephone call to a news office immediately after the blast . The anonymous caller said, "This is part of the Iranian revolution's campaign against imperialist targets throughout the world . We shall keep striking at any crusader presence in Lebanon, including the international forces ." (The group had earlier taken responsibility for a grenade attack in which five U.S. members of the international peacekeeping force had been wounded .) </P> <P> Judge John Bates of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. on September 8, 2003, awarded in a default judgment, $123 million to 29 American victims and family members of Americans killed in the bombing . Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. on May 30, 2003, determined that the bombing was carried out by the militant group Hezbollah with the approval and financing of senior Iranian officials, paving the way for the victims to seek damages . The trial had opened March 17 . Iran was not present in court to challenge witnesses nor present evidence of their own . </P>

Who claimed responsibility for the bombing of the embassy in beirut