Article: Law sought Russia help to nail Iranian.(Diaspora: Around the globe)

New court filings in a terrorism case against the Iranian-American co-founder of an Oregon charity revealed federal prosecutors traveled to Russia in search of evidence against Al Haramain Islamic Foundation Inc.

Federal prosecutors Charles Gorder and Chris Cardani met with agents from Russia's Federal Security Service in December and gave them copies of computer hard drives from Al Haramain, the Oregonian daily reported.

The Federal Security Service was investigating the killing of Russian soldiers in Muslim-dominated Chechnya.

Iranian-American Pete Seda, 51, who was a co-founder of the Oregon charity a decade ago, is charged with conspiracy ...

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