{"id":20492,"date":"2013-09-21T21:11:49","date_gmt":"2013-09-22T01:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=20492"},"modified":"2013-09-21T21:11:49","modified_gmt":"2013-09-22T01:11:49","slug":"the-united-states-attorneys-office-has-seized-an-iranian-skyscraper-in-new-york-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=20492","title":{"rendered":"The United States Attorney’s Office Has Seized An Iranian Skyscraper In New York City"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday, Fox News<\/a> reported that the United States Attorney’s Office<\/a> has seized a skyscraper in New York City<\/a> allegedly secretly owned by the Iranian government<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara<\/a> claimed that the property owner, the Assa Corporation, was nothing more than a front for the state-run bank that financed the building.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Judge\u2019s opinion upholds what was the contention of this Office from outset: \u2018Assa was (and is) a front for Bank Melli<\/a>, and thus a front for the Government of Iran,\u2019\u201d Bharara said in a statement.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The building was originally erected in the 1970s by the Phalavi Foundation, a non-profit that was operated at the time by the Shah of Iran<\/a> and financed by Bank Melli, which is controlled by the Iranian Government.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

After the Iranian revolution<\/a>, the loan for the building was cancelled in the 1980s and ownership was transferred to Assa and the Alavi Corporation. The U.S. alleges that Assa and Alavi were shell companies set up by the Iranian regime, with the former based in the UK<\/a>\u2019s Channel Islands to launder money back to the government.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Needless to say, the Alavi Foundation<\/a> intends to appeal the court’s decision.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

The government plans to use money from the seizure to compensate victims of Iranian\u2013sponsored terrorism.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The building is valued at between $500-700 million and recently had $11 million in improvements.<\/p>\n

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