April 17, 2014
Federal prosecutors Wednesday reached an agreement to distribute proceeds from the sale of an Iranian-linked Manhattan skyscraper to the families of victims of the 9/11 attacks and other state-sponsored acts of terror, the latest development in a years-long saga over the building's ties with Iran.
January 14, 2014
Federal prosecutors on Monday urged a New York federal court to force Islamic cultural group The Alavi Foundation, co-owner of the 650 Fifth Ave. office tower in Manhattan, to forfeit its bank accounts after a judge ruled the foundation fronted for the Iranian government.
October 18, 2013
Islamic cultural group The Alavi Foundation asked a federal judge Wednesday to block the U.S. government's bid to force the forfeiture of seven of its mosques and school buildings amid claims that the group is a front for the Iranian government, arguing that the properties are not commercial assets.
September 20, 2013
Attorneys for family members of victims of the 9/11 attacks on Tuesday asked a New York federal judge to issue writs of execution for property owned by Iran-related entities to help satisfy a $6 billion terrorism judgment.
September 16, 2013
A New York federal judge on Monday ordered two Iran-related entities to forfeit ownership of a building at 650 Fifth Ave. in Manhattan, finding that the entities acted as a front for Iran and laundered money through their purported ownership and management of the building.
September 10, 2013
A New York federal judge on Monday said the owners of a Manhattan office tower allegedly linked to Iran's government could not suppress evidence in a tax evasion suit on the eve of trial, finding the evidence was obtained legally and voluntarily.
September 05, 2013
The U.S. government on Thursday urged a federal judge not to throw out a lawsuit seeking the forfeiture of a Manhattan office tower allegedly linked to the government of Iran, arguing that it has not used dirty tricks to try to win the case.
September 04, 2013
A New York federal judge on Wednesday granted a motion for sanctions against two Iran-related entities for failure to comply with a discovery order in a suit brought by family members of 9/11 victims seeking to use the companies' interests in a Manhattan property to help satisfy a $6 billion terrorism judgment.
August 27, 2013
Private Iranian groups who say they lost valuable assets to the Iranian government after the 1979 revolution have no claim to assets in a forfeiture action brought by the U.S. government against a Manhattan building and other assets, a federal judge in New York said Tuesday.
August 12, 2013
Family members of victims of the 9/11 attacks on Friday asked a New York federal judge to levy sanctions against two Iran-related entities for alleged failure to comply with a discovery order in a suit seeking to use their interests in a Manhattan property to help satisfy a $6 billion terrorism judgment.