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L.A. Businessman Charged with Aiding Iranian Missile Program

January 12, 2005 :: Newsday :: News

An Iranian-born American businessman has been charged with smuggling equipment to Iran to aid in their ballistic missile programs, according to a report by Newsday. Mohammad Farahbakhsh of Los Angeles has been charged with sending “pressure sensors and other equipment from Stamford to the United Arab Emirates, where they were to be shipped to Iran,” specifically to a company, the Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group, which has previously been sanctioned twice by the U.S. government for aiding Iranian missile development. Farahbakhsh is reportedly a so-called “dual citizen” in both Iran and the United States. (Article)

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