Man Bites Dog? (Part 2)
Mr. Sasan Azodi, mentioned in yesterday’s post, called me just a few minutes ago to give me his side of the dispute between him and Dräger Safety as to who was at fault for the export of the VisioWave security…
Category Iran Sanctions
Man Bites Dog?
When companies wind up with products in Iran, they usually claim that they were hoodwinked by their overseas sales reps or agents. In a case involving the German security firm Dräger Safety, the situation appears reversed. According to this article…
Engineering Dynamics Agrees to $132,791.39 Penalty for Sales to Iran
The Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) released yesterday a Settlement Agreement with Engineering Dynamics, Inc., a Louisiana-based company that writes and distributes computer-assisted design software used for the design of oil and gas drilling platforms and rigs. Under the…
The Sweet Power of Music
The Wall Street Journal’s Law Blog had an interesting post last Friday regarding Iranian santurs (a dulcimer-like instrument) that a UCLA professor of ethnomusicology had been importing from Tehran. These instruments had been sailing through customs until last August when…
A Costly Favor
ABOVE: Iran’s 9th Olefin PetrochemicalComplex Earlier this month, French corporation Cryostar SA entered a guilty plea to various export violations arising from its role in a scheme to export cryogenic pumps for installation in the 9th Olefin Petroleum Complex in…