Topic: Alavi Foundation

Alavi Foundation

Mahalo - 464 days ago
A private not-for-profit organization, the Alavi Foundation was founded by the Shah of Iran .Located a few blocks from Rockefeller Center in New York City , the mission of the organization is to support and promote Islamic culture. In December 2008 , the president ...

Iran's Man In Manhattan

Forbes - 818 days ago
It made headlines last week when federal prosecutors moved to seize assets of the Alavi Foundation, a based nonprofit that is allegedly a front for the U.S.-sanctioned government of Iran. Prosecutors say that following Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, ownership ...

US seeks to seize 4 mosques, tower linked to Iran

AP News - 823 days ago
US seeks to seize 4 mosques, NYC skyscraper owned by foundation linked to Iranian governmentIn what could be one of the biggest counterterrorism seizures in U.S. history, federal prosecutors sought to take over four U.S. mosques and a New York ...

US to seize mosques, skyscraper of Iran-linked group

AFP Global Edition - 824 days ago
US federal prosecutors said they were moving to seize four mosques and a 36-story New York skyscraper from a non-profit Muslim group suspected of being under the Iranian government's control.The Alavi Foundation has been illegally funneling funds to the Iranian ...

Government moves to seize NY skyscraper from Iran firms

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News - 824 days ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prosecutors filed a civil lawsuit on Thursday to seize control of a New York City skyscraper they say is owned by companies illegally funneling money to the Iranian government.The suit seeks to revoke the Alavi Foundation and the ...

Clinton's Iranian Connection

Forbes - 1136 days ago
, the based Alavi Foundation, which supports Iranian causes, contributed between $25,000 and $50,000 to the William J. Clinton Foundation. This can be best described as the ultimate chutzpah, for on the very same day, the U.S. Attorney for the ...