Federal prosecutors took steps Thursday to seize four U.S. mosques and a Fifth Avenue skyscraper owned by a nonprofit Muslim organization long suspected of being secretly controlled by the Iranian government. Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
Goldman reports the US government actions and provides some historical context and responses to the actions.
It is rare for U.S. law-enforcement authorities to seize a house of worship, a step fraught with questions about the First Amendment right to freedom of religion.
Bank Melli has been accused by a U.S. Treasury official of providing support for Iran’s nuclear program, and it is illegal in the United States to do business with the bank.
When the US-installed right wing Shaw ran US financial operations, no objection was raised. Now, without any publicly validated evidence that Iran is building nuclear weapons, the US seems to be punishing a regime that does not take orders from the US.