The CEO of a New York-based metallurgical company has been arrested on charges of illegally exporting a specialized metallic powder from the United States to Iran, the U.S. Justice Department…
Export Controls & Sanctions
The Wisconsin Project conducts research and advocacy to support robust controls on strategic goods and enforcement of autonomous and international sanctions. Export controls and sanctions are powerful means of inhibiting the spread of technologies used to make weapons of mass destruction. Listed below is a selection of the Wisconsin Project’s work in these areas, including analysis of export control enforcement cases, Iran sanctions violations, and commentary on U.S. export control policy.
Who are the Iranian Sanctions Violators Pardoned on Implementation Day?
On January 17, 2016 – the day after implementation of the nuclear deal with Iran – President Barack Obama announced the details of another agreement with Iran: four Americans who…
Chinese Man Convicted on Charges of Exporting U.S.-Origin Pressure Transducers to Iran
On January 27, 2016, Chinese national Sihai Cheng pleaded guilty to six counts related to the export of American-made pressure transducers to Iran in violation of U.S. export laws. He had…
Gone but not Forgotten: Entities Removed from Official Blacklists on Implementation Day
Spreadsheet of Entities Removed from the E.U., U.N., and U.S. Lists Iran and the P5+1 announced on January 16, 2016 that Iran had met its initial obligations under the terms…
Iranian Government Procurement Agent Sent Military Electronics to Iran
Criminal indictments were unsealed in Delaware and Massachusetts relating to the prosecution of Iranian arms procurement agent Amir Hossein Ardebili. In May 2008, Ardebili pled guilty to multiple violations of…
Implementation Day Brings Sanctions Relief to Past Proliferators
Iran and the P5+1 announced on January 16 that Iran had met its obligations under the terms of the nuclear agreement and would immediately receive a first round of sanctions…
Bait and Switch on New Iran Missile Sanctions
Last week, the White House backtracked on plans to impose new financial sanctions on Iran’s ballistic missile program. The Wall Street Journal reported on December 30 that the Treasury Department…
Taiwanese National Conspires with Known Procurement Network to Send U.S.-Origin Dual-Use Electronics to Iran
Kunlin Hsieh, a Taiwanese national and sales manager for Junbon Enterprises Co. Ltd. in Taiwan, pleaded guilty in June 2015 to conspiring to ship U.S.-origin dual-use electronic parts from the…
Major Iranian Nuclear Entities to Receive Early Sanctions Relief
As part of the nuclear agreement with Iran, 36 entities will be removed from the United Nations blacklist when the deal is implemented next year. This represents about one-third of…
Iran Nuclear Deal Takes Effect: What’s Next?
The nuclear agreement with Iran—the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action—took effect on October 18, 2015. On that date, called “Adoption Day,” the United States and European Union published the legal…