Hossein Ali Khoshnevisrad will be charged with unlawfully exporting U.S. goods to Iran, which included helicopter engines and advanced cameras. He faces up to 20 years in prison.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Iranian businessman and his Tehran-based company were charged with illegally exporting to Iran helicopter engines and advanced aerial cameras designed for military aircraft, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday.
It said that among the alleged recipients of the exports was an Iranian military firm that has since been designated by the United States as being owned or controlled by entities involved in Iran's nuclear and missile programs.
Department officials said Hossein Ali Khoshnevisrad, 55, was arrested on March 14 after arriving at San Francisco International Airport on a flight from abroad. He appeared in federal court in San Francisco on Monday.[...]
Khoshnevisrad and his company, Ariasa AG, were each charged with two counts of unlawfully exporting U.S. goods to Iran and with two counts of conspiracy to unlawfully export U.S. goods to Iran.
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