In 2004 Alex Nooredin Latifi, an Iranian born American who owns a manufacturing company in Huntsville, had his home and business raided by federal agents.  His records and computers were confiscated.  The government froze his business' assets in 2006 and in 2007 he was charged with defrauding the government and illegally transferring military secrets to China. 

When people think of Iran, they tend to think of the desert, not of ski resorts, but Dizin is Iran’s top skiing resort. Skiing was first bought to Iran by German engineers who were building the railway in Persia in the 1930s and were impressed by the mountains they saw. Built in 1969 by the Shah of Iran, Dizin resort is situated just north of Tehran in the Alborz Mountains at an altitude of 8,530 feet and is one of the 40 highest ski resorts in the world (the highest ski lift here reaches 11,482 feet).

Well my fellow NUZIZONIANS, your friendly neighborhood BEE is about to embark on another journey to the infamous country of IRAN aka "the Axis of Evil" aka "the new scapegoat of the woes of Iraq" ... LOL
I will be leaving on Thursday, March 15th and returning on April 2nd ...

I saw this video this morning while sweating it out on the Elliptical Crosstrainer ... it made me happy and laugh out loud ... I thought ya'll would enjoy it too!!!