Iranian citizen with permanent residence in the US accused of illegal exporting of electronics to Iran. He faces 20 years in prison for violating US sanctions.
The US Department of Justice has announced that the authorities at Los Angeles airport detained Iranians with permanent residence in the United States. The man allegedly exported “sophisticated electronics” from the US to Iran, violating US sanctions against the Islamic Republic. TASR reports this according to Saturday’s report AFP.
The inhabitants of the American city of Santa Monica and Iranian Tehran Bahrama Mohammada Ostkár (66) were detained on Thursday at his arrival at Los Angeles airport, charging the illegal export of railway signaling and telecommunications facility to Iran.
According to the US Department of Justice, the detained man is published on his website by the founder and CEO of the engineering company in Tehran, which supplies the signaling and communication systems of the Iranian government, including for projects of state railways. They identified this company in the indictment as “Company A”.
The man had components to supply up to 7 years
“At least from May 2018 to July 2025, the sparkler and its conspiracies have gained and supplied companies and in Iran sophisticated computer processors, railway signaling and other electronics and electronic components,” the ministry said in its statement.
As mediators to obtain electronics and its transport to Iran, the detainee man allegedly used two cover companies that he managed in the United Arab Emirates. He was said to have concealed the actual destination of the transported electronics in front of the suppliers. He continued this illegal activity after he became a US resident in May 2022 and was aware of US sanctions against Iran.
“Austrial knew about US sanctions against Iran, mentioned them in e-mail to his accomplice and one of the conspirators ordered to provide the federal representative for checking exports for false information in connection with the final use of goods from the US, which they delivered to the company and in Iran,”. Iranian faces four allegations of punishment of sanctions, and in the case of convictions, he faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for each point of indictment, writes AFP.
