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. 

I went into Barnes & Noble the other day to pick up the May issue of Playboy that had a special tribute to Anna Nicole Smith ...                                                           

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).