From this morning's Earlybird:

• "Federal prosecutors on Thursday moved to seize several U.S. assets allegedly controlled by entities linked to the government of Iran, including a mosque and Islamic school in Potomac, land in Prince William County and a Manhattan skyscraper," the Washington Post reports. "At the center of that web, they said, is a New-York based organization known as the Alavi Foundation, which U.S. authorities have for decades suspected of being a possible Iranian front."

• "A lawsuit has brought to light numerous documents that raise questions about whether the" National Iranian American Council "is using that influence to lobby for policies favorable to Iran in violation of federal law," the Washington Times reports. "If so, a number of prominent Washington figures could come to regret their ties to the group."

• "The nation's largest health insurance carrier is urging its employees to lobby the Senate against reform proposals that would hurt the firm's bottom line, according to copies of e-mails released Thursday by a liberal advocacy group," the Washington Post reports. "UnitedHealth Group, which is based in Minnesota, e-mailed its 75,000 employees Tuesday, asking them to write their senators and local newspapers in opposition to a public insurance option, alleging that 'government-run health care' will force 'millions of Americans' to drop their current coverage."

• "Organizing for America is dispatching volunteers to the local offices of 32 House Republicans whose districts supported President Barack Obama in the 2008 election to demand that they support Obama's health care reform initiative," Roll Call (subscription) reports. "OFA volunteers will begin to drop by the offices Friday and continue doing so through the middle of next week."

• "The Employment Policies Institute, founded by lobbyist and public relations man Richard Berman, has launched a $10 million television campaign warning about the high cost of proposed health care reform," Roll Call (subscription) reports. "Berman, long a lightning rod for consumer groups, has represented a long list of clients including restaurants, soda-makers and other business interests. ... In an interview, he said the health care advertising campaign is funded by a number of his clients, whom he declined to name."

• "The Senate Ethics Committee earlier this month dismissed a complaint alleging Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) traded campaign donations for earmarks, according to a letter released Thursday," Roll Call (subscription) reports. "The ethics panel announced its decision in a letter to the Congressional watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, which filed the complaint against Landrieu in January 2008."