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An Iranian man has been arrested in Denver in the United States on a 2010 federal District of Columbia indictment accusing him using companies in the Netherlands and the Middle East to smuggle chemicals, aircraft parts and fiber optics to the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force in Tehran, which violated the U.S. trade embargo to Iran’s regime.<\/p>\n
Mansour Moghtaderi Zadeh, 55, of Iran, was indicted by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia in 2010 on charges that he exported goods to Iran fraudulently, 12 counts of unlawfully exporting goods to Iran, 11 counts of willfully violating a denial order, 14 counts of smuggling and one count of making false statement, the Denver Post reported on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
He appeared Monday in U.S. District Court in Denver before Magistrate Judge Kathleen M. Tafoya on the charges. Information was not available to show why Zadeh was arrested in Denver.<\/p>\n
The indictment, which had been sealed for six years, was opened upon Zadeh\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n
According to a federal court document, Zadeh smuggled goods from the U.S. and other countries to Iran from 2005 to 2009.<\/p>\n
Zadeh smuggled the U.S. goods from a supplier in the Netherlands to Iran in violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which imposed sanctions against Iran’s regime beginning in 1979 because it posed an \u201cextraordinary threat to the national security and economy of the U.S.,\u201d according to the court record.<\/p>\n
Zadeh, who uses the alias Mita Zarek, allegedly used his businesses to smuggle the goods. He is the owner of businesses Barsan Aero Chemicals and Jayhoun Faraz Kala Co, which are located in Tehran, and Lavantia, a business in Nicosia, Cyprus. He also used Araxis Trade Management, a Cyprus business owned by a relative.<\/p>\n
For his own financial gain, Zadeh allegedly conspired to acquire U.S.-origin goods, primarily aircraft parts, for sale through three unnamed Dutch suppliers to Iranian companies including those with military purposes, the records say.<\/p>\n
The conspiracy began outside the U.S. as Zadeh communicated by e-mail with vendors in the U.S. He allegedly wired money to U.S. accounts to pay for the items, the records say. He intentionally concealed information about the destination of the aircraft parts to U.S.-based shippers and freight forwarders.<\/p>\n
A fiber optic video transmitter and receiver were included among the sophisticated equipment that Zadeh obtained illegally, court records say.<\/p>\n
On July 11, 2006, he allegedly sent $7,757 to a Kansas company for three overhauled aviation course indicators on behalf of the Iranian regime’s air force. That deal was handled through a Netherlands company and Zadah\u2019s company earned a 10 percent commission on the sale.<\/p>\n
On March 14, 2007, Zadeh attempted to buy aerospace-grade metal sheets and rods in Florida through his company in Cyprus. He also attempted to buy zenthane camouflage paint, records say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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