According to this article in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, an Iranian woman and mother of two has voluntarily left Iran to face charges in South Florida that she attempted to export illegal 3,000 helmet-mounted night vision systems from the United…
A fascinating article in today’s Wall Street Journal details how Iran eludes U.S. sanctions on exports to that country. An interview with an Iranian merchant supplies an instructive example of how the merchant obtains iPod accessories from Tennessee-based Griffin Technology:…
Satellite image of the Strait of Hormuz A wire story from Agence France Presse today documents the extent to which trade between Iran and the UAE may be circumventing unilateral U.S. sanctions against Iran: Thousands of Iranian firms are still…
US Embassy in Khartoum Late last week Reuters reported that Adam Szubin, head of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), announced that OFAC was stepping up its enforcement actions for violations of the U.S. sanctions on Sudan. According to…
Yesterday the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) released a Settlement Agreement it had entered into with Selex Sistemi Integrati, Inc. According to the charging papers, Selex had exported an instrument landing system classified under ECCN 7A994 and then re-exported…