Ali Akbar Yahya

Weapon Program: 

  • Military

Exporting Country: 

United Arab Emirates

Address: 

505 Siraj Building 17B Street, Mankhool, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

An Iranian national and naturalized British citizen; according to the U.S. Department of Justice, involved in conspiracies to illegally export, to prohibited entities and to Iran, numerous U.S.-manufactured commodities with potential military applications, including use as components in the construction of improvised explosive devices (IED) similar to those being used in Iraq and Afghanistan; effective September 22, 2008, added to the U.S. Entity List due to actions contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States, and no export or re-export involving this entity and any item subject to the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR) is permitted without a license from the U.S. Commerce Department, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); on September 11, 2008, indicted by a U.S. federal grand jury for allegedly participating in a conspiracy to export U.S.-manufactured electronic components and other commodities to prohibited entities and to Iran via the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Malaysia, England, Germany, and Singapore in violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and United States Iran Embargo.

Additional parties indicted F.N. Yaghmaei, Mayrow General Trading, Atlinx Electronics, Micatic General Trading, Majidco Micro Electronics, Al-Faris, Neda Industrial Group, Bahman Ghandi, Farshid Gillardian, Kaam Chee Mun, Djamshid Nezhad, Ahmad Rahzad, Majid Seif, Eco Biochem SDN BHD, and Vast Solution SDN BHD.

Allegedly the general manager of Mayrow General Trading, the managing director of Atlinx Electronics, and an associate and operator of both Majidco Micro Electronics and Micatic General Trading, each of the same address in Dubai, UAE.

Date Entered: 

March 5, 2010

Date Last Modified: 

March 5, 2010