CEO of an Iranian Engineering Company Arrested for Allegedly Shipping Sophisticated Electronics from the U.S. to Iran in Violation of U.S. Sanctions

July 11, 2025

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U.S. Department of Justice

Related Country: 

  • United Arab Emirates
  • United States

Iranian national and U.S. permanent resident Bahram Mohammad Ostovari was arrested and charged with illegally exporting electronics used in railway signaling and telecommunications systems from the United States to Iran. From at least May 2018 to July 2025, Ostovari allegedly used a Tehran-based company he owned and two United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based front companies, MH-SYS FZCO and Match Systech FZE, to ship computer processors and other electronics to Iran. Ostovari allegedly mislead suppliers in the United States and other countries into believing that the UAE-based companies were the end users of the goods, which were in fact destined for Iran.