billion-dollar iran arms search spans u.s., globe : even pentagon penetrated by massive effort

The desperate search for weapons and spare parts by Ayatollah Khamenei to sustain his bitter war with Iraq has spawned a growing complexity of billions of people --
Dollar movement penetrating the United StatesS.
Military reserve and defense suppliers-
This is a secret operation involving the network of Iranian agents throughout the United States, Europe and Asia.
According to dozens of interviews with investigators and officials at home and abroad, as well as thousands of pages of government documents, The Times conducted an investigation and found evidence that showed that, iranian agents have successfully purchased spare parts and other military hardware directly from the shelves of Pentagon supply warehouses from the United StatesS.
Businessmen and various other sources.
Scope, reflecting the complexity of the scope and complexity of Iran\'s efforts, is the role of an accused European ammunition smuggler who had a government contract before he was indicted earlier this yearS.
Enter the diplomatic pouch of the Communist country.
Smugglers sometimes use the State Department\'s courier service office here to make phone calls related to his work in Iran.
The US State Department, customs and FBI are investigating the incident.
In addition to entering the State Department, Iran\'s efforts have expanded to the depths of the Pentagon, investigators said.
In their pursuit of AmericaS.
Originally naive Iranians were apparently defrauded by so-called suppliers using their weapons for millions of dollars. at-any-price attitude.
In a scam such as this, a box of allegedly vital war supplies was transported to Belgium, labeled as \"farm equipment\" and pried away by their eager buyers, just-
Rusty farm equipment.
The list of cash, computers is so chaotic that it will soon be hard-
However, as Iranian agents and their collaborators in the country and abroad use suitcases and computer shopping lists filled with cash,S.
Military part number and requisition code specified to achieve its objectives.
Although many of Iran\'s plans have been invaded and blocked by the United StatesS.
In recent months, federal officials have admitted that hundreds of weapons shipments have not been found in the past five years.
The depth of purchasing wallets in Iran is implied by the existence of individual purchase orders, the huge nature of the shopping list and the high price of complex military equipment.
In addition, a copy of the tape
A documented meeting with Iranian agents showed that they casually boasted that different arms-buying groups could receive $0. 5 billion.
\"Their behavior is like they have an abyss of cash,\" said a Customs investigator . \". So well-
Heeled is an effort, in a case where the documents show that a pair of US agents receive a bonus for fighter parts and receive a secret deposit commission of up to $80,000 per day-
$30 million a year-
Sale of discounted Iranian oil
It is believed that the exact value of the equipment actually arrived in Iran is not clear. S.
The officials said, although the customs investigators said, \"it\'s like drugs ---
Through more than stop.
\"To date, the most shocking disclosure in the ever-expanding investigation into Iran\'s ability to penetrate the United StatesS.
A Pentagon missile expert was indicted on Thursday, a 25-year-old lieutenant colonel
A year of career in the Army.
He is accused of plotting with international arms dealers and Iranian government officials to sell thousands of America\'s most advanced weapons. S.
France fired missiles at the Khomeini regime for more than $0. 14 billion.
Seven others a week ago. -
This includes a naval supply specialist and a civilian employee of a military arsenal ---
Accused of Stealing Phoenix missile components in San Diego, this is F-
Smuggling fighters and other equipment and supplies to Tehran.
The recent arrests are only a shadow of Iran\'s massive and coordinated operations.
Homeini\'s agent. -
Some operate under the auspices of the Iranian Air Force Logistics Support Center (Europe)
Working in the London office near the famous Scotland Yard-
By selling Iranian oil in the world spot market, a lot of money has been gained.
They try to buy, steal and smuggle Americans.
Build weapons, spare parts and supplies to repair a large number of complex U. S.
Equipment purchased by Iranian King Mohammed Reza balevi before being overthrown in 1979-
A treasure trove of five people who were badly depleted by the Ayatollah.
War with IraqA total U. S.
Arms embargo imposed during 1979
80 crises in Iran where Americans are held hostage
Although The Times found hundreds of shipments shipped to Tehran, government officials said the smuggling operation met only about 10% of Iran\'s weapons needs, and the success of the embargo also spurred the desperation of Khomeini.
The war machine in Ayatollah is greedy.
It\'s not very tasty, but it has a big appetite, \"Customs Service Commissioner William von Rabb said in an interview on Thursday.
He is as afraid of terrorism as everyone else in the Reagan administration, and he expressed concern that Iran\'s actively sought missiles could be used for terrorist attacks, such as shooting down an unarmed commercial airliner or attacking the United States. S. embassies.
\"I think they have made it very clear that they are not only willing but ready to do so,\" von Rabb said . \".
Despite concerns about Iranian terrorism, the Times investigation found that ,--
Sometimes in--the U. S.
Government agencies involved in the fight against arms smuggling.
For example, the State Department\'s security office did not know until an interview with The Times reporter that the Customs Department, federal prosecutors in San Diego and even defense lawyers had transcripts, detailed records of the use of a State Department phone when an accused smuggler contacted an undercover agent disguised as a smuggler 10 months ago
Von Rabb said he did not know until Thursday\'s interview that the tape records included an Iranian agent\'s claim that customs officers had been bribed, more than one year old.
The federal government\'s initial reaction to Iran\'s smuggling offensive in early 1980 also appeared to be a bit lazy.
Recently, however, the General Administration of Customs and the FBI actively fought back, conducting investigations from Los Angeles to Boston, from San Francisco to Orlando, and deploying undercover personnel and using eavesdropping, mail and telex interceptionthe-
Clock monitoring.
Intensify investigation-
Perhaps the smuggling offensive in Iran has increased. -
Statistics from the Ministry of Justice reflect this.
On 1981, a one-man indictment was returned for violating the Iran arms embargo.
However, in the past 12 months, a total of 14 indictments indicated 54 individuals and 8 companies-
The total number of prosecutions has more than doubled over the past three years.
The findings of the records of these cases, as well as interviews with investigators, prosecutors, senior administrative officers and other relevant personnel, indicate :-
When Ayatollah took power in the Iranian revolution, he inherited a heavy reliance on American military supplies.
The Iranian King bought $1970 worth of American weapons between 1979 and 17 billion.
Including 80 F-
14 fighter planes and their Phoenix missiles-
A system so complicated that the United States did not sell them to other countries. -
As well as a variety of other missiles, jet fighters, helicopters, tanks, warships and advanced radar equipment.
He also inherited a state. of-the-
The art computerized logistics and supply system installed in the United States in the 1970 s was considered far superior to the United StatesS.
The military\'s own system. -
The outbreak of the war in Iraq has made severe demands on the Iranian military, and the Tehran regime has set up a procurement office for replacement parts on the streets of Westminster Abbey and Scotland Yard.
Since then, there has been a concerted effort around the world to meet the rapidly growing needs that have ultimately spread all over the world. -
At least in the beginning, Iranian agents seemed to have more money than technology.
They are repeatedly deceived, often paying high prices, and sometimes handing over millions of dollars upwards.
Advance payment for equipment and parts never arrived.
Soon after, however, their awareness of purchasing has increased. Armed with 32-page single-
Interval computer printing output for specific 11
Digital code corresponding to the United StatesS.
The military\'s National inventory system, which they began ordering quantities through written contracts and test and warranty requirements. -
Various roles allegedly employed, lured or volunteered to join the Tehran regime procurement efforts include an Iranian owner of a San Diego Deli, an executive of a Chicago insurance company, who has financial problems, assistant tour guide for Portuguese real estate investor Michael Jackson\'s concert tour, Swiss merchandise dealers living in Brazil, Korean businessmen and many arms dealers and middlemen of different nationalities ---
Britain, France, Germany, Israel. -
Investigators say that with experience, Iran\'s mastermind and their agents have become more ambitious in their goals, with the goal of getting directly from the military arsenal of the United States and its allies
The main example is the so-called missile.
The purchase plan that led to last week\'s prosecution and the alleged San Diego-
A gang of Navy parts stolen last month. -
Another way to ship weapons out of the United States is to use real export documents, an agent said, iranian agents \"buy from military officials in third-world countries and some of the US military allies \".
The documents are usually signed by a military general who deals at least $100,000 on the black market of arms.
\"These documents have caused weapons to flow out of the United States without a doubt,\" said a customs officer working on intelligence, which aims to detect the source of these documents. -
As the threat of weapons smuggling increases, the United StatesS.
Survey strategies are more innovative.
The \"sting\" operation or secret penetration procurement gang has been successful, but investigators and prosecutors have been frustrated by the court\'s frequent handling of convicted Iranian weapons smugglers from wide.
They complained that the amount of the sentence was no more than the fine, so that the convicted smugglers retained a generous profit and were sentenced to prison, including the time spent in a luxury apartment in downtown Los Angeles.
The widespread and scattered investigation led to more than just the indictment ---
Some people have found a lot of information indicating high
Corruption.
In San Diego, for example, after an undercover customs officer sneaked into a smuggling gang last year, secretly recorded 75 meetings and telephone conversations, hearing Iranian agents boasting that smugglers were in contact with \"members of Congress, he said members of Congress were involved in the arms trade.
No \"congressman\" was found in the transcript of the recording, and investigators said the Iranians, who admitted to the conspiracy to smuggle radar components, are now serving their sentences in California, in intensive inquiries after their arrest, he changed his statement many times and then withdrew the charge.
A senior customs official said that the customs department had initiated an investigation, but did not \"bring forward any evidence of evidence at this point\" to prove that any member of Congress was involved in the investigation.
A spokesman for the US Department of Justice said investigators concluded that congressional ties were \"more exaggerated than the facts \".
The story of agent Yasir Abdul Rahim (Max)
Shooshtary, an Iranian immigrant with British nationality, also told an undercover customs officer that he was posing as Gao.
A customs officer was bribed $25,000 to ship illegal goods out of the country.
After his arrest, the Iranian was asked that he said he was just repeating what his superiors had told him --
Investigators say the gang is a member of the ranks.
The General Administration of Customs, Feng Rabu, said he did not know about bribery until Thursday\'s interview.
Later, a senior customs official said, \". . . . . . $25,000 was paid. West)
The bad guy put his stuff out of German customs. . . .
This is a normal and necessary expense.
\"He didn\'t elaborate or identify\" the bad guy.
\"The transcript also revealed that West German freight forwarder Brian Lewis became a fugitive after being sued for smuggling weapons, and on last October, the State Department produced and received it at the diplomatic courier office in Washington.
Long distance calls involving illegal transportation.
The transcript also shows a man in the middle
State Department officials personally called him.
Officer James R.
On November, Vandivier, 59, was asked by federal agents about his contact with Louis, who had contact with four other individuals and three companies ---
Including his freight forwarding company, Intransco Transport and spetions in Frankfurt, West Germany--
Accused of illegally exporting ammunition to Iran.
State Department officials acknowledged that at the time, Lewis\'s company signed a contract with diplomatic courier services to speed up the delivery of unclassified diplomatic mail bags to Eastern European countries.
A senior official said last week that the contract was withdrawn immediately after Louis was indicted, but \"there is no indication of any misuse of the diplomatic pouch system.
A customs official said that the customs department investigated the incident and then handed it over to the security office of the State Council, which has resumed its investigation in recent days.
Vandivier left the government in January after 33 years in service and was unable to reach him in Arlington, Virginia, to comment. , home.
Speaking without anonymity, a senior State Department official said, \"We are not aware of any evidence that State Department employees are involved in smuggling cases \".
\"We are looking into this issue,\" he added . \".
Ben niirbi Iran keeps its military machine running from a good state of operationguarded seven-
Story modern architecture 4 Victoria Street, London.
Westminster minister Abby is right across the street and Big Ben is nearby.
The building looks empty despite the busy location.
Uniformed guards stand behind locked smoky glass doors, and as strangers approach, they quickly move towards the door.
A sign in Persian and English warns those who are about to get their passes ready.
Known as NIOC House because of the National Oil Company of Iran
The structure is based here and is home to the Air Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran and its logistics support center, the Iranian navy and its technical supply office.
London, with a large international community and a large number of brokers and dealers willing to provide almost any weapons to anyone with enough money, is a convenient city for the Iranian arms procurement delegation.
Requisitions issued from here, neatly typed, but sometimes misspelled orders for ammunition, parts, and large war machines.
\"We\'re nine-19-
84, please send two brand new and genuien (sic)
Tube for VA145E. . .
\"Give us the designated freight forwarder at your convenience,\" one of the orders wrote.
\"It is understood that this amount is $294000. S. dallors (sic)
Will be paid to you internally. . . .
The order was stamped with official seal.
Sent on last September.
Although London is the center of Iran\'s massive military procurement, many branches point to the United States, in distant cities like Boston and Los Angeles, as different as the bustling Chicago and Utah quiet Leyton.
The Justice Department claimed that it was two American businessmen from Chicago who acted as agents for British arms dealers to buy parts for Americans in the Ayatollah --
Feel free to build Air Force and Navy like hunters and fishermen may use L, now paralyzedL. Bean catalogue.
They frequently buy warship, fighter and military helicopter parts in the open market, as well as radar equipment and secret night vision equipment, sometimes lacking experience
The indictment of the federal grand jury was returned on last October and The Times reviewed hundreds of pages of government documents.
The two businessmen are William R. Fowler Jr.
George L. , president of an insurance company in Chicago
Veto operates an export business from his North Side apartment.
They waited for the trial after defending the federal charge of innocence, accusing them of plotting a violation of federal export law during the 20 months ended 1984 when transporting or attempting to transport military weapons components.
Three men, who were indicted with them, were identified in court documents as agents of the Iranian military procurement office in London, engaged in transactions in military equipment and parts.
They\'re Howard O.
Frederick Gerald McDevitt, a British national, David.
Israeli Sofaer living in London
The British government refused to extradite them, and they were not summoned for charges.
As the Justice Department has pointed out, the case illustrates the attempts by Iranian agents to use various personal weaknesses to obtain cooperation from Americans, as well as the huge sums of money they have come up with to strengthen their appeal.
The Ministry of Justice documents alleged that Fowler was recruited to Iran\'s procurement department in late 1981 or early 1982, shortly after suffering major financial losses.
The government claimed that he later joined the forces with veto power and that by July 1982 he had received the first order for military parts from Sofaer.
Before the end of the year, two Chicago people received orders written on the \"Iranian Imperial Navy requisition. . . (with)
Military components, including \"NATO inventory data\", are mentioned in the document.
If not always effective, they react quickly to the order.
For example, they tried to buy replacement parts for Northrop F-and almost lost the game
When they told the parts supplier about the relevant aircraft in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, five fighter jets.
The parts were shipped to Iran.
They later changed their claim that the parts would be shipped to the Singapore Department of Defense and then entrusted the goods to a freight forwarder in Chicago who eventually shipped the boxes to London, according to government documents.
The indictment charged the five men with conspiracy to list several requests for veto and Fowler for price and information on items provided by individual suppliers.
These requests were made to manufacturers in the United States and Canada, Military salvage dealers, wholesalers and dealers of used equipment parts.
The indictment alleges that two merchants deliberately concealed the military nature of the material and its final destination ---Iran.
Oil, railways, government records have not mentioned the direct compensation for Fowler and the veto.
But there have been repeated references to \"negotiations\" that try to buy up to 400,000 barrels of crude oil from the Iranian national oil company every day
The price is lower than the official price.
In addition, it is said that they will receive a commission of 20 cents a barrel to pay an account to the bank of the Bahamas.
If the deal is completed, the couple can earn up to $80,000 a day on Commission alone.
The government document also referred to the second agreement, that is, to sell 600,000 rail links to Iran each month for $10 to $14 at a price of 30,000.
Elgie company in Leyton, Utah
Buy and renovate parts for F-
Four Phantom jets, one of the main fighter jets serving the United States. S. Air Force.
Customs officers confiscated F-
They said ergie will be shipped from Denver to London for four parts from Iran.
Since the seizure in last October, the company has received two search warrants, and sources say the documents found in those searches are now being submitted to the federal grand jury in Salt Lake City.
Ergie has shipped more than 50 batches of F-
There have been four parts since the beginning of 1983.
However, neither the company nor its officials were charged with violating the law.
In Connecticut, Edward S.
Last year, a senior executive at Cofish International was approached by John Reid, a refrigeration engineer from Las Vegas.
Reid has Stolarz in touch with Rene Schoner, a Swiss commodity broker from Brazil, who is seeking a large number of protective suits for people exposed to chemicals or nerve gases.
Stolarz has agreed that his company will provide bad weather equipment to the United States. S.
The Copa America team, able to take 96-
Million orders for 400,000 sets of protective clothing and related purification devices.
However, after Schuler had stipulated that the Jews could not sue, he had doubts about the final destination of the proceedings.
Stolarz said he represents a \"Middle East country we can\'t talk about on the phone \".
Contact Stolarz. S.
At the Customs Service in New Haven, special agent Steve Crogan immediately went undercover as the company\'s export protective clothing manager.
Only $17.
Crogan, who pays £ 50 a month for calls installed on an office safe and pays a few dollars for small expenses, infiltrated and broke through Iran\'s procurement operations.
Following Iraq\'s alleged use of chemical weapons to prevent a wave of attacks by Iranian troops on its common border, Iran has sought protection proceedings. \"If (Iran)
\"If they were, they would go through the valley into Iraq now,\" federal investigators said . \". $500-
Schule, a million-dollar shopping budget commodity broker, said he had a \"shopping budget of about $0. 5 billion\", stressing Iran\'s desire to acquire protective covers and other equipment, \"like airplanes.
\"When they heard that the price of the suit would be $96 million, they didn\'t keep their eyes wide open,\" said an investigator familiar with the case.
As part of the plan, Schuler told undercover customs officers that fictitious export documents would be prepared indicating that the final destination for 400,000 protective clothing would be Rome.
Ultimately, the agent arranged for the sale of a set of sample protective clothing required by Schuler for testing purposes.
It will be shipped to London via Brazil, where laboratory tests can determine its quality.
However, in order to avoid the requirement of the export license, Schuler arranged a colleague to handle the secret shipment.
According to the documents filed in the Federal Court of New Haven, William chaili--
He served as assistant travel director in Michael Jackson\'s \"victory tour--
Met an undercover agent at a rest stop next to the Connecticut toll road and picked up the first set of sample suits.
The agent encouraged Cherry to persuade Shule to come to the United States. S.
Check the purification equipment.
About a month later, Schuler and agents met at the Ramada Hotel in East Hartford, and surveillance cameras recorded key clues to the criminal case.
\"You know where (the shipment)is going?
Schuler asked the customs officer.
\"It\'s going to Iran.
Last summer, Jackson arrested Cherry backstage while performing in Buffalo.
At the same time, the agent also arrested Shule, who negotiated the purchase of dune hotels and casinos in Las Vegas on behalf of a group of Japanese investors.
Japan\'s deal was reported to have failed after Shule tried to continue negotiations from North Las Vegas prison.
Schuler, accused of fraudulently denying US foreign policy rights, pleaded guilty and Reid was tried and convicted.
They are considered to be the first defendants convicted under the statute.
Cherry is awaiting a trial scheduled for September.
Iran, the Smurfs, has adopted a variety of increasingly savvy strategies to penetrate the U. S. arms and supply market.
A senior federal investigator said he had gone through three different stages.
\"At first they used what you might call the\" Smurfs \"program and flooded the countryside with so many agents, even if 80% people were caught, the investigators said: \"They can expect a lot of goods from 20% of the others. \".
\"But they were very naive and ineffective, so Tehran entered the second phase, using brokers to represent them in secret transactions.
\"It turned out to be an expensive strategy.
With the layers of middlemen increasing, prices are also rising.
For example, on last September, the head of the Iranian Air Force logistics center in London provided a European broker with $294,000 for the purchase of two \"brand new and real\" Americans --
Radar sensing equipment.
The same equipment, the key electronic components of the mobile radar station, authorized buyers to buy at a price of $30,000 per unit.
It is reported that a Western company bought abandoned aircraft parts for $ 2,000%, earning nearly 2,000 of the profit, \"removing some dents and repainting them, then $40,000 per person.
Another federal agent added, \"Price increases are as good as running drugs.
\"There is another parallel to drug trafficking in large amounts of cash: the widespread use of large amounts of cash.
In the 1984 secret operation in Los Angeles, a Portuguese businessman-
He said he would bring a box of cash next time. -
Bought a pair of radar components for $25,000 and deducted $100 from a manila envelope full of $100,000.
Iranian officials have found another draw in addition to the expensive price --
Back in the flood-of-
Cash strategy: sometimes there is no honor for mercenary smugglers.
For example, about three years ago, Iran had arranged a 3-
Brokers said they would ship goods in containers marked with \"farm tools\" and they ordered millions of aircraft parts and weapons.
\"Iran will transfer the money by letter of credit after proving that the goods were loaded on board and sailed from the Far East. That was done.
Two months later, when the ship arrived in Billy, Iranian officials were shocked to find that the container labeled \"farm gear\" was indeed like this ---
Old tractor parts, barrels and shovels are included.
Some have speculated that this expensive experience-
Coupled with the increasingly effective customs enforcement efforts,-
Forcing Iran into a third and most complex strategic phase.
The third phase suggested in the last two cases of Iranian smuggling-
A naval officer in San Diego and a professional officer arrested on Thursdaymissile expert--
Tehran and its agents are now trying to penetrate the US Army and its supply system more directly.
In addition, Iranian agents have shown increasing caution and concern about the reliability of delivery ---
For example, insist on checking the purchased goods before payment, preferably outside the United States.
\"It\'s ironic, isn\'t it?
Asked a customs officer.
\"Here they call us \'Great Satan, \'and at the same time they can\'t get enough nuts and bolts. \"A 58-
A page of affidavits submitted in San Diego on July 12 provides a glimpse of the growing specialization of Iran\'s procurement business.
Sometimes using direct citations and other time paraphrasing, the document records dozens of bugging conversations in which members suspected of theft --and-
The diversion ring discusses orders for specific weapon components.
For example, the complaint calls London, last April-
Iran-based contact Saeid Asefi Inanlou called San Agustin, one of the people mentioned in the San Diego indictment, \"wondering why certain items he ordered did not arrive.
Agustin, who was reportedly identified by investigators as the head of San Diego, replied, \"he has nothing new to report . \". . . .
I\'m waiting for the bigger one. . . .
They haven\'t gone in yet.
Asefi then told Agustin, \"he was upset with \'fuel control\' because he only received five of them, not the seven he ordered.
The third and fourth have been returned to me, Asefi said. . . .
It was smashed.
Asefi laments that sending parts from your side to Los Angeles is \"such a waste of time and money\"A. , L. A.
Go to New York, New York, then Zurich. . .
\"There are not enough packaging materials,\" the affidavit said . \".
The affidavit said before hanging up the phone, Asefi said \"he had received the brochure on the \'latest video\' and wanted the booklet to come from which book . \".
Agustin explained that the book was from the United States. S. A. F. \' (
(US Air Force)
He will book an extra book for Asefi.
Asefi told Agustin three days ago, the document said, \"he needs a manual or manual and chart for a specific section, because \'this may be a new system\' and we may not have it.
\"And Agustin, who rented the mini space
Max Self Storage facility in San Diego told the Iranians that \"He has so many little things\", \"he now puts his parts in \'another location\' because of \'identity \'. . .
My goods. . .
It\'s too much for my place. . . .
\"At the same time, at about the same time in olandeo ---on April 8--
But on the other side of the continent, the FBI says one of its undercover agents, disguised as the best person to reach the United StatesS.
The French missile received an impressive order from Paul Sjeklocha.
At a meeting at the Orlando International Airport, an affidavit said that the people of Yugoslavia-
A tall, husky man with gray hair and beard, who worked in USIA in Moscow and later became a writer and editor of military science and technology magazine ---
Advise FBI agents on the following items his client wants to purchase.
The affidavit then lists the order in detail: \"300 rattlesnake missiles, O-AIM-9L, at forty-
$8,000 per person (
The cost of Sjeklocha is $20,000).
\"The 300 rattlesnake missiles on the ATM9M, at sixty-
$5,000 per person (
The cost of Sjeklocha is 20-
Each 2000).
Goal of 300 Sparrows
20-hour 7F missile
$2100 per person (
The cost of Sjeklocha is $13,000).
Goal of 300 Sparrows
$19,800 per missile.
\"60 RGM84A Harpoon missiles ,(air launch)
$903 per person.
Thirty Phoenix missiles. 54, (any class)
$890 per unit (earlier model). Thirty exports (phonetic)
French missile, 39-
$890 per vehicle.
\"Orders for a total of $139.
65 million, never delivered.
Sjeklocha and five other people were arrested in six cities on Thursday night.
Despite the increasing success of the investigation, many federal prosecutors and customs officers were dissatisfied with the court\'s often relatively minor penalties imposed on people convicted of smuggling weapons and weapons components to Iran.
Iranian citizen, University of California, Los Angeles graduate Amir Motamedi, runs what can be described as mail in court records --
Order a smuggling service from a mailbox rented by Wilshire Avenue.
Earlier this year, he was convicted of conspiracy for illegally selling an estimated $10 million worth of military parts to Iran.
He was fined $50,000 and got threeA month\'s sentence.
Investigators have twice arrested mortamidi and provided three different search warrants for his family and business records. In the process, he found that he had been illegally selling products to Iran until a few days before his trial in Los Angeles.
There are F-in items ordered from suppliers and shipped to Tehran by Motamedi-14, F-5, F-4 and A-
4 fighter planes; parts for KC-
Refueling aircraft and parts for P-135 Air
Navy Orion
Submarine reconnaissance plane
At the time of his last arrest, Motamedi used the fictional name Fred Coffey to find possible sources of supply for my eagle missile
Investigators say sweeping equipment and millions of machine gun ammunition.
His shopping efforts were helped by microfilm files. -
Apparently obtained from the United States. S. Air Force--
Contains stock and part numbers and identifies the manufacturer of \"each nut, bolt and ashtray\" in the aircraft.
\"I think his procurement system is better than the Pentagon\'s,\" said an investigator . \".
Most unfortunately, however, the case that caused the most widespread discontent among law enforcement officers was the judgment against Moises Broder, a wealthy real estate developer in Portugal, he was paid a commission of $85,000 to arrange the sale of the United States-
Manufacturing radar components to Iran
When Broder waited for trial in the Federal Court of Los Angeles,S.
The magistrate allowed him to continue his arrest at the apartment\"-
Under the protection of a private security company, he spent nearly five months in a luxury apartment in Bunker Hill Tower.
When he was found guilty of plotting against American lawS.
Under export law, Broder was fined $50,000 and sentenced to one year in prison.
However, he was praised for his \"time to serve his sentence.
\"So he spent five months at $20,000 --a-
The apartment he rented was subtracted from the time that Braun had to stay at the Federal Correctional Center on Pier Island. Asst. U. S. Atty.
William Fahey complained to the court about Broder\'s \"special\" treatment, which he said \"looks unfair and unfair \".
Los Angeles prosecutors say Braun \"has the keys to the prison in his pocket \".
\"Most people will not extradite and will not upset law enforcement officers, a safe haven for foreign smugglers to enjoy prosecution if they stay outside the United StatesS. jurisdiction. Most nations--
Including a strong ally like Britain. -
Do not recognize that most violations of exports are extradition offences, at least when their own citizens are charged.
For example, the UK refuses to extradite UK citizens Freckleton and McDevitt or Israeli citizen David R.
Sofaer, a resident of England-
Last fall, three people were charged in Chicago for illegally transporting radar and night vision equipment to Iran. U. S.
Prosecutors also accused them of conspiring to ship parts for helicopters and navy ships. U. S.
Prosecutors acknowledged the extradition of foreigners as a difficult issue.
The treaty provision\'s explicit refusal to extradite on charges of political violations exacerbated the situation.
The United States quotes its intention to remain neutral in Iran
The war in Iraq is the basis for an arms embargo on the two countries.
Believe in politics \"the British attitude is that these cases are very political\"S.
Lawyer in San Diego
She is trying to extradite fugitives from Britain and West Germany.
The disappointment with extradition is, first of all, the feeling of the United States. S.
Law enforcement officials said they did not play a knockout match in the battle with Iranian agents.
Despite increased enforcement and increasing number of prosecutions, they believe the flow of parts and equipment continues.
A senior agent said: \"They still send things outside day and night.
\"The Road to Tehran, followed by military spare parts purchased in the United StatesS.
1983 and 1984 were used by the Iranian military. F-
4 Phantom jet 1
London arms dealers will be renovated with some rescuers (
No Name)
Layton in utah2.
The Utah company provides parts that are shipped through Denver and Chicago to the Iranian air force procurement office in London.
Then send the parts to Tehran. F-
Jet fighter components 1.
London arms brokers ordered the indicted Chicago businessman to wait for trial on suspicion of illegally transporting arms. 2.
Chicago merchants submit orders to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. 3.
An aircraft parts company in the Financial Times.
Lauderdale, supply parts (
Warning that they cannot be shipped overseas without proper government documents).
Parts were shipped to Chicago airport where customs officers replaced food with dog food5 parts.
Alternative goods are shipped to Tehran through London.
Battle tanks and howitzers
The San Diego businessman, who was indicted but not convicted, was involved in the plot, Benjamin kashifi, shipped parts marked \"auto parts\" to Switzerland and forwarded there to Tehran. Infrared night-Visual glass 1
The London arms brokerage company has placed orders with Chicago merchants. 2.
The Chicago businessman forwarded the order to a defense factory (
No Name)in California.
Then travel to Iran through Chicago and London.
Protective clothing for chemical weapons.
A Brazilian Iranian broker has asked for help from a partner in Las Vegas in search of US crude supplies. S. -
Made a protective suit2.
After searching for no results in Southern California\'s military surplus dealers, Las Vegas\'s partners contacted a manufacturer in Connecticut, Cofish International in East Hadam. 3.
Connadik state manufacturer, in cooperation with an undercover customs officer, sold two protective suits, shipped from connadik state to Brazil and then transferred to London for inspection by Iranian officials.
The two lawsuits may have never entered Iran;
After removing from the package, they will only last for a day or two.
In addition to the first two lawsuits, it is still unclear whether the other proceedings were shipped to Iran.
Central and Western Bureau Chief Larry Green was involved in the project.
John J, director of the New York bureau, also contributed.
Goldman Sachs, staff writer Ralph fremorino of San Diego, London researcher Judy Ross, Dallas Jamison, Salt Lake City.