13.11.2009, 12:41
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Zitat:US pursues 'Iran-linked' charity
US prosecutors have begun legal action to seize four mosques and a New York city skyscraper that are owned by a non-profit Muslim organisation.
Lawyers say the Alavi Foundation has been helping to illegally funnel money to Bank Melli, which is owned by the Iranian government.
The bank is accused of funding Iran's nuclear weapons programme. US citizens are banned from dealing with it.
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Prosecutors are seeking more than $500m (£300m) in assets belonging to the Alavi Foundation, in what could prove to be one of the biggest counter-terrorism seizures in US history.
They include four Shia mosques in New York City, Maryland, California and Houston, as well as a 36-story office building on New York's Fifth Avenue.
The Alavi Foundation owns a 60% stake in the tower, also known as the Piaget building, the Dow Jones news service reports.
Last December, the government filed suit against Assa Corporation, which owns the other 40% stake in the building, and which is also accused of being under Iranian government control.
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