Afshari

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS NO. 1, 2, AND 11.

This matter has come before the Court on: Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Counts 59-117 for Violating the Ex Post Facto Clause and Being a Bill of Attainder, Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss No. 1; Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Counts 59-117 Pursuant to the First and Sixth Amendments, Defendants’ Motion No. 2; and Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Counts 60-82 for Aleging Only Solicitation but not Material Support, Defendants’ Motion No. 11, filed by Defendants Roya Rahmani, Arreza Mohammadmoradi, Moustafa Amady, Hossein Kalani Ashari, Hassan Rezaie, Navid Taj, and Mohammad Hossein Omidvar (“Defendants”).

Counts 59-117 (the “material support counts”) of the Second Superseding Indictment (the “Indictment”), charge Defendants with providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2339B. Having considered the record herein, including oral argument, the Court finds as follows:

Facts and Procedural History

The Indictment alleges that beginning on October 8, 1997 though February 27, 2001, Defendants provided material support to the Mujahedin-e Khalq (“MEK”) by soliciting donations from…