BIS Denies Export Privileges to Iman Kazerani for up to Ten Years

The Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ordered Iman Kazerani to be denied export privileges for up to ten years following a Jan. 30 conviction that concluded Kazerani violated the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Kazerani was convicted of knowingly and willfully exporting and causing the exportation of laptop computers from the United States to Iran in violation of the embargo imposed upon that country by the U.S., without having first obtained the required licenses or authorizations from the Office of Foreign Assets Control, United States Department of the Treasury. Liu was also sentenced to three years probation, a $10,000 criminal fine and an assessment of $100 by the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.