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U.S. Arrests Provider of Hizballah TV in New York Area

Contact: Heather Tasker, for United States Attorney Michael J. Garcia, Southern District of New York, 212-637-2600

 

NEW YORK, Aug. 24 /Standard Newswire/ -- Javed Iqbal, a.k.a. "John Iqbal," 42, of Staten Island, N.Y., has been arrested and charged with conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), U.S. Attorney Michael J. Garcia of the Southern District of New York and Assistant Director in Charge Mark Mershon of the New York Office of the FBI announced today.  Specifically, the complaint alleges that through a company called HDTV Ltd. located in Brooklyn, Iqbal and others provided customers in the New York area with satellite broadcasts of al Manar, which is a television station owned and/or operated by Hizballah.

 

The Department of Treasury named al Manar as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity in March 2006, thereby making it a crime to, among other things, engage in business transactions with al Manar.  In conjunction with the arrest, agents executed search warrants at both HDTV's Brooklyn office and Iqbal's Staten Island residence where, it is alleged, Iqbal maintained several satellite dishes.

 

Iqbal was arrested Wednesday and will be presented today in Manhattan federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein, who will decide whether Iqbal is detained or released on bail pending further proceedings.

 

U.S. Attorney Garcia praised the efforts of the FBI's Joint Terrorist Task Force in conducting the investigation. 

 

The charges contained in the complaint are merely accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

 

Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Miller is in charge of the prosecution.


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