Iranian Woman Pleads Guilty to Illegally Sending U.S. Technology to Iran

August 11, 2019

Publication: 

Radio Farda

Related Country: 

  • Australia
  • Malaysia

Negar Ghodskani, a 40-year-old Iranian national, pled guilty in Minnesota to charges of unlawful procurement and export of U.S. goods to Iran. Working with Greenwave, a Malaysia-based front company, Ghodskani facilitated four shipments to Iranian companies in 2011, including 150 synthesizers and four analog-to-digital devices. Ghodskani’s co-conspirator Alireza Jalali, also Iranian, re-packaged the products in Malaysia and sent them via commercial air freight to Iran. Recipients in Iran included Rastafann, which supplied radar systems to the U.N.-sanctioned Naval Defense Missile Industry Group and communications systems to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and Fana Moj, which develops missile components and has also provided support to the IRGC. Ghodskani was indicted in Minnesota in 2015 and arrested in Australia in 2017. After a prolonged extradition fight, she agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States. Alireza Jalali was arrested in New York in 2017.