Press Release
ARMS BROKER SENTENCED FOR ILLEGALLY EXPORTING NIGHT VISION GOGGLES S TO IRAN
March 9, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Anthony V. Mangione, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Office of Investigations, and Amie R. Tanchak, Resident Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Inspector General, Defense Criminal Investigative Service, announced that defendant Shahrazad Mir Gholikhan, was sentenced on March 6, 2009. U.S. District Judge James I Cohn sentenced Gholikhan to a term of sixty-three (63) months in prison for illegally exporting defense articles to Iran.
Gholikhan was convicted on December 18, 2009, after a two week trial, on charges of brokering the export of Generation 3 Night Vision Goggles from the United States to Iran; causing the export of defense articles to Iran; and attempting to export defense articles to Iran in violation of the Iranian Embargo regulations. The evidence showed that Gholikhan had sought to have up to 3000 night vision goggles exported to Iran, along with other controlled defense articles.
Mr. Acosta commended the investigative efforts of ICE’s Office of Investigations and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Michael Walleisa.
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