Dariush Niknia was sentenced to 34 months in prison and Richard Lant was sentenced to 24 months of home detention and a $7,500 fine by a U.S. court in California in connection with a conspiracy to supply military goods to Iran. In 2015, Niknia, Lant, and others were involved in a scheme to supply 500 Russian-made tank helmets to a contact in Tehran through Lant's company, R&L Ltd.