Zeinab Taleb Jedi
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US: Homeless woman was MKO top terrorist leader
The documents, obtained from Brooklyn court files on Monday, say two confidential informants in Iraq identified Zeinab Taleb-Jedi, 51, as a leader of the Mujahedeen Khalq aka MKO/MEK/PMOI. The group was identified in court papers as Mujahedin-e Khalq. One of the informants told the FBI…
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N.Y. Judge Green-Lights Trial for Terrorism Case
A federal judge in Brooklyn has upheld a terrorism prosecution against a U.S. citizen working for a group violently opposed to the Iranian government. Zeinab Taleb-Jedi had argued that her indictment for providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization was outrageous because the group…
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Iranian widow must go to trial in NY
A naturalized U.S. citizen must face trial on a charge of providing material support to an Iranian terrorist organization[Mujahedin Khalq] she's accused of helping to lead, a federal judge ruled Thursday. ...Prosecutors allege that Taleb-Jedi told FBI agents at the time she "wholeheartedly" supported the…
