Order Denying Export Privileges

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security On May 20, 2016, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Ali Reza Parsa (“Parsa”) was convicted of violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 ( printed page 28474) U.S.C. 1701, et seq. (2012)) (“IEEPA”). Specifically, Parsa was convicted of knowingly and willfully conspiring to export, reexport, sell and supply from the United States electronic components to customers located in Iran, without the required U.S. Government authorization. Parsa was sentenced to 36 months of imprisonment and ordered to pay a $100 assessment. Section 766.25 of the Export Administration Regulation (“EAR” or “Regulations”)  [ 1 ] provides, in pertinent part, that “[t]he Director of the Office of Exporter Services, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Export Enforcement, may deny the export privileges of any person who has been convicted of a violation of the EAA [Export Administration Act], the EAR, or any order, license, or authorization issued thereunder; any regulation, license or order issued under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701-1706 ); 18 U.S.C. 793 , 794 or 798 ; section 4(b) of the Internal Security Act of 1950 ( 50 U.S.C. 783(b) )[;] or section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2778 ).” 15 CFR 766.25(a) ; see also Section 11(h) of the EAA, 50 U.S.C. 4610(h) . The denia…