Immigrant sentenced in scheme to send high-tech equipment to Iran
An Iranian immigrant has been sentenced in San Diego federal court to 6 1/2 years in prison after being convicted in a scheme to send high-technology equipment to Iran./ Arash Ghahreman, 45, who came to the U.S. in 2007 and is a naturalized citizen, was convicted in a plan to send fiber optic gyrocompasses and electron tubes to Iran through a front company in Dubai. The equipment has civilian and military uses, authorities said./ A co-defendant, Ergun Yildiz, 35, a German national, was sentenced in May to 23 months in prison. A second ...
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