[2] Iran's foreign minister sent a letter to U.S. officials demanding Alavi's immediate release.
He was released in June 2007 after it was cleared that he had not taken any designs or blueprints of the Palo Verde power plant.
[3] As conditions of release, Alavi was forced to surrender his passport, wear a GPS monitoring device, and forfeit a $200,000 retirement account if he failed to appear in court.
Alavi's friends in Huntington Beach, California, also agreed to put up their home as surety of his appearance in court.
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