{"id":1574,"date":"2016-02-24T20:26:30","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T01:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/?p=1574"},"modified":"2016-02-24T20:28:08","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T01:28:08","slug":"man-arrested-entering-u-s-from-canada-accused-of-violating-iran-trade-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/1574\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested entering U.S. from Canada accused of violating Iran trade sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"text combinedtext parbase section\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/man-arrested-entering-u-s-from-canada-accused-of-violating-iran-trade-sanctions\/us-border1-jpg-size-xxlarge-letterbox\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1575\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1575 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/us-border1.jpg.size_.xxlarge.letterbox-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"us-border1.jpg.size.xxlarge.letterbox\" width=\"722\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/us-border1.jpg.size_.xxlarge.letterbox-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/us-border1.jpg.size_.xxlarge.letterbox-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/us-border1.jpg.size_.xxlarge.letterbox.jpg 545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SEATTLE\u2014A man arrested entering the U.S. from Canada this week is one of four people charged in a previously secret indictment accusing them of conspiring to violate trade sanctions against Iran from 2007 to 2011.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text combinedtext parbase section\">\n<p>The FBI says Shahin Tabatabaei (Tah-BOT\u2019-ah-bai) was arrested entering the United States north of Seattle on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text combinedtext parbase section\">\n<p>According to a 2013 indictment by a federal grand jury in California, he ran companies in Mexico and Canada that shipped American items through other countries into Iran.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text combinedtext parbase section\">\n<p>The items appear to have had applications in the oil and gas industry, and the indictment suggests at least some had potential military uses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text combinedtext parbase section\">\n<p>A lawyer for Tabatabaei did not immediately return emails from The Associated Press seeking comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text combinedtext parbase section\">\n<p>The other defendants in the case were based in Canada and Iran.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-authors\"><strong>By:<\/strong> <span class=\"staff\">The Associated Press,<\/span> <span class=\"published-date\"> 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