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the United States is gonna be seizing control
uva midtown Manhattan skyscraper here in New York
that prosecutors are saying is secretly owned by Iran
or I guess it was secret up until the prosecutors figured it out in
made it public the US Justice Department says that
the really at the ruling will be appealed but that they have determined
this building a secretly owned by Iran
it's a thirty six story building in the heart of New York City right on 5th
Avenue
and the allegation is that %uh
in violation love sanctions on Iran
the money the ownership the the money that comes in
they've been able to track has been going to a bank
in Iran and that this just simply violates the sanctions on Iran
the prosecutors allege that the building's owners the Alabi foundation
and
asset corporation are transferring rental income
and other funds to Iran's state-owned bank Melli
bank Melli I this is interesting for a couple the reasons Louis number one
how much of the US is owned by Japan and China and just
in general I think most Americans would be surprised to know
the amount a real estate and the amount of wealth American wealth in real estate
currency that is held by other countries I think probably people have no idea
that back could very well be but those same sanctions might not exist in in the
country's were talking about
the if that's very true no no question about it but then further
if you have 36 grams %uh
marijuana the fed's find you they take you out
you're in prison if you have a thirty six story building
in downtown Manhattan it takes thirty years to figure it out
isn't there something a little off about this that is quite bizarre
yeah you would you would think that our money is monitored closely
in that the financial capital over the world but then again
I looking back over the past ten years maybe not yeah maybe not so
have you talk to your dad or at all really with the status from Iran lewis's
a he's half Iranian half jewish
your dad I guess is from a Muslim family but he certainly doesn't consider
himself a practicing Muslim as you've said
as he commented lately about in either in the context i kno Louis doesn't
really talk to his dad that much but
not for any particular reason other than he seems quite bored by it
I has he talked at all about this Syria connections that are being made to Iran
sanctions or anything at all related to his home country
now and we've never really talked about anything along those lines except for
many years ago when he went to Iran to visit
right it was just it was interesting although your books yet to jump the
right to do that but
no no no real talk about there there is this understanding
that in spite of everything that's going on we with those in power in Iran
the overwhelming majority %uh just the average citizens
are very moderate and really are not being represented
by a a a government some would call it every gene
that is accurately portraying
their views there seems to be just a gigantic disconnect in Iran Louis
between the people
and the the bureaucracy which
of course is a good thing if everyone were on the same page is this the pic
bureaucracy
I as their leader we that whole country would be an A&M
much worst place are you interested in going to Iran
oh yeah of course I I'd love to you I
but it just it seems like it doesn't really make sense
if it would you have any particular trouble being
having a Jewish mother being jewish no I think that would probably go completely
under the radar me my last name
is obviously Iran TN and in my middle name
yeah no one would be able to realize that was Jewish name
but saddam I would have to basically pay my way to avoid
being put into their military and even if you just showed up for like a week
you might get drafted into the military right right I I would have to pay
for that not to happen and any anything can
in reality happened so that so how would that happen I mean you're not you've
always been a US citizen you would show up and what someone would say oh you're
here visiting
you're in the military now your father is from Iran
you're in the country euro BH you need serve yeah that's pretty much how gas
wow and what's the upper limit on the serving age
baths that bad I do not know are let's investigate that
very very interesting stuff up so there it is US to seize
in Iran owned New York skyscraper I
we will continue to follow it and see what happens in the appeals process
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