Scientist imprisoned in California in Iran trade case goes free after winning ...
NEW YORK — A scientist was freed from a federal prison in California on Wednesday, more than a week after his conviction for violating the Iran trade embargo was tossed out by a federal appeals court in New York. U.S. District Judge John Keenan signed the order freeing Mahmoud Reza Banki while prosecutors appeal an Oct. 24 federal appeals court decision that tossed out the trade embargo conviction and ordered a new trial on charges that he participated in an unlicensed money transfer business. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals left in ...
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