U.S. sentences man to prison for exporting goods to Iran
On 24 October 2019 the U.S. Department of Justice issued a press release announcing that the U.S. District Court sentenced Behrooz Behroozian, of Columbus, Ohio, to 20 months in prison for illegally exporting dual-use gas and oil pipeline parts to Iran. For approximately a decade Behroozian exported manifolds, valves and connectors to Iran via an intermediary company, Sumar Industrial Equipment, violating the Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Behroozian was also the owne