Thursday, November 12, 2009

Confidence Building Measures: "US government files for the forfeiture of Iranian assets..."

The Telegraph/ here

The US government, which has accused Iran of financing terrorism and trying to get hold of nuclear weapons, filed a civil complaint in federal court seeking the forfeiture of more than $500 million (£301 million) in assets controlled by a Shia Muslim charity called the Alavi Foundation....

Prosecutors claimed that the Alavi Foundation and a front company called Assa Corporation illegally funnelled millions of dollars in rental income back to the state-owned Bank Melli in Iran....... accused Bank Melli of financing Iran's nuclear programme and it is illegal in America to do business with the bank...."

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