A Canadian-Iranian man has been sentenced to 32 months in prison for violating US sanctions against Iran.

Between 2014 and 2016, Ali Soofi, 63, “conspired to export military items from the United States to Iran, both directly and through transshipment to intermediary countries, without a license,” according to prosecutors.

Soofi “sought to purchase and ship numerous items, including helicopters, high-tech machine gun parts, tank parts, and military vehicles, from the United States to Iran, all without a license and while knowing that such shipments were illegal under US law,” a statement http://ift.tt/1p5TKH4 https://aawsat.com

The extraordinary Islamic Summit held in Istanbul on Wednesday called on the world to recognize the state of Palestine with the occupied East Jerusalem as its capital.

Kings and heads of state and government of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) member states rejected and condemned the US statement on the status of Jerusalem, declaring it null and void in terms of conscience, justice and history like Israel’s decision to annex Jerusalem, its measures and procedures there, which have never been and will not be acceptable.

Turkey had invited leaders of the OIC, including more http://ift.tt/1p5TKH4 https://aawsat.com

Three days after announcing his intention to run in the next presidential elections in Egypt, former Prime Minister Ahmed Sahfik returned to Cairo from Abu Dhabi on Saturday on board a private jet.

His lawyer Dina Adly Hussein told Asharq Al-Awsat that her client departed the United Arab Emirates to Egypt early in the morning on Saturday, while his family, including his daughter remained in Abu Dhabi.

An official source later confirmed her statement.

Shafik came in second to deposed President Mohammed Morsi in the 2012 presidential elections with over 12 million votes (49 percent of t http://ift.tt/1p5TKH4 https://aawsat.com