Supplier: Mohammed Javid Yahya Saboni

On April 2, 2009, indicted by a U.S. federal grand jury for allegedly participating in a conspiracy to export thirteen different types of U.S.-made military aircraft parts to Iran via Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) without obtaining the required licenses or authorizations, in violation of the United States Iran Embargo, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the Arms Export Control Act (AECA); also indicted were: Amir Hossein Atabaki, Mohammad Javad Mohammad Esmaeil, Baktash Fattahi, Abbas Haider, Reza Zahedi Pour, Mahdi Electronic Trading Co., Planet Commercial Brokerage LLC, Raht Aseman Co. Ltd, Sahab Phase, and Sea Speed UAE (of which Saboni is the managing director) (see separate entity records); according to the indictment, between January 2004 and May 2008, Atabaki, Esmaeil, Saboni and Zahedi caused funds to be used in purchasing dual-use and military aircraft parts from the United States for Mahdi Electronic, Sahab Phase, Raht Aseman and others in Iran; Fattahi, Haider, Saboni, Planet Commercial, Sea Speed and others then allegedly received these parts in Dubai and caused them to be shipped to Iran; defendants allegedly shipped parts for the F-5 ("Tiger") and F-14 ("Tomcat") fighter jets, Bell AH-1("Cobra") attack helicopter, and CH-53 and UH-1 ("Huey") military helicopters; Saboni is an Iranian citizen reportedly thought to be in Canada and absent from Sea Speed UAE as of April, 2009.