Reza Sarhangpour Kafrani, an Iranian living in Montreal, indicted by a grand jury in U.S. District Court for allegedly exporting lab equipment to Iran that can be used in weapons development
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.An Iranian man who resides in Montreal has been charged in the United States for allegedly exporting lab equipment to Iran of the kind that can be used in nuclear-weapons development.
The indictment of the pair is the product of years of investigation by U.S. and Canadian authorities including intelligence-gathering efforts by Canada Border Services Agency. The alleged shipments occurred after the 2015 deal struck by former U.S. president Barack Obama and other foreign leaders to lift sanctions on Iran imposed by the U.S., European Union and United Nations in return for Tehran agreeing to long-term curbs on a nuclear program that the West has suspected was aimed at creating a nuclear bomb.Former president Donald Trump later withdrew the U.S.
They also allegedly negotiated by e-mail with a U.S. company, not identified in the indictment, to purchase mass spectrometry instruments that they said would be exported to Canada. At one point, the indictment says, Mr. Kafrani asked the company representative if associated installation costs would be the same for the Middle East. The company official warned them off, saying “You know there are sanctions in place for Iran.
Toronto trade lawyer Cyndee Todgham Cherniak said the U.S. often takes the lead on prosecuting export violations with Canadian connections because American authorities have greater means to pursue suspects.
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