Supplier: Planet Commercial Brokerage LLC

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 (an employee and representative of Planet Commercial), Abbas Haider, Mohammed Javid Yahya Saboni, Reza Zahedi Pour, Mahdi Electronic Trading Co., Raht Aseman Co. Ltd, Sahab Phase, and Sea Speed UAE (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; at least some of the military aircraft parts received by Planet Commercial were shipped from Plantation, Florida-based Orion Aviation Corp., owned by Traian Bujduveanu (see separate entity record); Bujduveanu and co-conspirators Hassan Saied Keshari and Novato, California-based Kesh Air (see separate entity records) pled guilty in a related case; Planet Commercial is a Dubai business engaged in the business of exporting and forwarding goods.