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Feds to seize NYC skyscraper, mosques linked to Iran

Federal prosecutors took steps Thursday to seize a number of U.S. properties, including the 36-story 650 Fifth Avenue tower in Manhattan, they say are linked to Iran, as part of a convoluted money-laundering investigation rooted in the Iranian revolution of the late 1970s.

In court papers filed in a Manhattan federal district court lawsuit, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara is seeking forfeiture...

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