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Iranian widow faces terror charge in US
A naturalized US citizen must face trial on a charge of supporting an Iranian terrorist organisation, a federal judge has ruled.
- Agencies
- Published: 12:48 July 25, 2008
New York: A naturalized US citizen must face trial on a charge of supporting an Iranian terrorist organisation, a federal judge has ruled.
Zeinab Taleb-Jedi is accused of supporting the People's Mujahedeen Organisation of Iran, a charge her attorneys said is “outrageous''.
If convicted, Taleb-Jedi faces up to 15 years in prison.
US District Judge Brian Cogan on Thursday denied a defense motion to dismiss the case against Taleb-Jedi.
Prosecutors allege that Taleb-Jedi told FBI agents in 2004 that she "wholeheartedly" supported the Mujahedeen.
Taleb-Jedi became a US citizen in 1996. In 1997, she learned that her husband died in a bus bombing on the road near Baghdad.
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