Posted on 09/20/2006 9:51:36 PM PDT by jdm
SAN ANTONIO — A Canadian man is accused of trying to buy for an Iranian firm a device used to test for flaws in equipment for gas pipelines and electric power plants.
Seyed Abolghassem Rohani Eftekhari, 44, was arrested Monday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on a charge of violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and executive orders that bar U.S. exports to Iran.
The FBI and ICE officials opened an investigation in the case Aug. 1.
An affidavit said that a man identified as Farshid Rohani and another man made inquiries about "magnetostrictive sensor" technology and that Rohani made a deal to buy some of the technology for $72,000 from Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio.
Officials also found that the institute received an inquiry from Tehran, Iran, about "guided wave equipment" technology, which the institute develops, according to the criminal complaint affidavit unsealed Tuesday.
Agents using search warrants found that the technology Eftekhari sought to buy was for a company in Tehran, where he was born.
oh yeah! good old Seyed Abolghassem Rohani Eftekhari! Bob and Doug McKenzie's cousin, right? lol
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