“On August 14, 2019, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, Mojtaba Biria (‘Biria’) was convicted of violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C § 1701, et seq. (2012)) (‘IEEPA’). Specifically, Biria was convicted of violating IEEPA by willfully conspiring to export and causing to be exported from the United States to Germany gas turbine parts, with knowledge that such goods were intended specifically for re-exportation directly and indirectly to Iran, without having first obtained the required U.S. Government authorization. Biria was sentenced to time served, a fine of $5,000, and an assessment of $100.”
84 FR 61869-70
Published 11-14-2019
