Two men arrested for conspiring to send equipment to iran
1. Two Men Arrested For Conspiring to Send Equipment to Iran 25/10/2011 15:53
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ANTI-SEMITISM
International Hassan Saied Keshari pleaded guilty to conspiring to export goods
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prison on May 14, 2009. Traian Bujduveanu pleaded guilty to the same E-Mail This to A Friend
COMBATING HATE Unitedconspiracy count on April 2, 2009; he was sentenced to 35 months in prison on
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June 11, 2009.
EXTREMISM Posted: June 29, 2008
HISPANIC AFFAIRS Two American businessmen have been arrested for conspiring to illegally
HOLOCAUST
ship American-made military parts to Iran in violation of a U.S. embargo.
INTERFAITH Hassan Saied Keshari, 48, and Traian Bujduveanu, 53, both naturalized
U.S. citizens from Iran and Romania respectively, were charged on June 23,
INTERNATIONAL
AFFAIRS
2008, in federal court in Miami. The men, both owners of aviation
companies in the U.S., allegedly shipped parts for the AH-1 attack
INTERNET helicopter, the CH-53 heavy-lift transport helicopter, and the F-14 Tomcat
fighter jet to the United Arab Emirates for resale to Iran after receiving
ISRAEL
emailed orders directly from Iran requesting the equipment.
LAW ENFORCEMENT
(L.E.A.R.N.) The sale of military parts to Iran has been a violation of American export law TERRORIST SYMBOLS
since 1995.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
SECURITY AWARENESS In 2007, federal prosecutors reportedly charged at least a dozen
businesspeople in the United States with illegally selling military equipment
TERRORISM
to Iran.
In an unrelated case, Jilani Humayun, 60, a Pakistani citizen and permanent
legal resident of Long Island, New York, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court
in Manhattan on June 19, 2008, to illegally exporting parts for F-5 and F-14
military fighter jets to Malaysia which authorities allege may have eventually
ended up in Iran.
Keshari and Bujduveanu face a maximum of 5 to 20 years in prison if
convicted. Terrorist Groups Use Distinct
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