IRNA - A jury verdict allowing the US government to seize a midtown Manhattan office tower that it said was effectively controlled by Iran was thrown out on Friday by a federal appeals court, which cited several errors by the trial judge. Jurors had found in June 2017 that the nonprofit Alavi Foundation, which had a 60% stake in the partnership ...

Bloomberg - Federal prosecutors won a courtroom victory in their nine-year effort to seize a midtown Manhattan office tower owned by an Iranian charity. A jury on Wednesday found that the charity, the Alavi Foundation, was controlled by the Iranian government. It also agreed with prosecutors that the charitys management of the Fifth Avenue office ...

Tehran, April 19, IRNA Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani slammed as illegal a US court ruling to confiscate the assets of Alavi Foundation in Manhattan, saying the move runs counter to the principle of religious freedom for American citizens. Larijani said that the US court has taken a political and hostile decision by expropriating the assets belonging ...

Daily look at Iran's late-breaking news and upcoming events:   Iran blasts US judiciary for issuing verdict against Alavi non-governmental charity fund Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham underscored that the Alavi Charity Fund has nothing to do with the Iranian government, and described the US courts verdict to confiscate ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham underscored that the Alavi Charity Fund has nothing to do with the Iranian government, and described the US court's verdict to confiscate the Alavi Fund's properties unwise and politically tainted. The Iranian spokeswoman stressed that the recently issued verdict by a court in ...

Owned by the Alavi Foundation, this building in New Yorks fifth avenue has hit the headlines over the past several years. The accusation; money laundering by transferring cash to Iran. But what is the Alavi Foundation itself? The mission started even before Irans Islamic revolution under the name of the Pahlavi foundation to promote the Persian culture ...