The U.S. Department of Justice announced the arrest of Jamshid Ghomi, a dual U.S.-Iranian national and chief executive of Tehran-based Faraz Pardaz Rayaneh Co. Ltd. (FPR), on a federal criminal complaint charging conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The complaint alleges that Ghomi procured U.S.-origin networking, security, and encryption equipment for Iranian customers for more than a decade, including the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran and Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics, without the Office of Foreign Assets Control authorization required for exports to Iran. According to the affidavit, Ghomi used online purchases, direct U.S. suppliers, United Arab Emirates intermediaries, front companies, and falsified shipping documents to route controlled equipment to Iran, and arranged the smuggling of more than 250 metric tons of networking equipment from 2014 to 2018. FPR’s annual sales exceeded USD 10 million and its customer base included hundreds of Iranian companies and government entities. Prosecutors also allege that from 2011 to 2024 Ghomi moved more than USD 15 million from Iran into U.S. bank and construction escrow accounts through third-country trading companies using false payment descriptions, and used those funds to build a Newport Coast residence. Ghomi is expected to make an initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, California. The complaint contains allegations only, and if convicted he faces a maximum of 20 years in prison.
U.S. Department of Justice2026-06-03
U.S. Department of Justice arrests Jamshid Ghomi over alleged supply of U.S. networking and encryption equipment to Iran’s nuclear and military entities
The U.S. Department of Justice announced the arrest of Jamshid Ghomi, chief executive of Tehran-based Faraz Pardaz Rayaneh Co. Ltd., on charges of conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act by procuring U.S.-origin networking, security, and encryption equipment for Iranian customers without required authorization. Prosecutors allege that from 2014 to 2018 he smuggled more than 250 metric tons of controlled equipment to Iran via U.S. suppliers, UAE intermediaries, front companies, and falsified documents, and that from 2011 to 2024 he moved over USD 15 million from Iran into U.S. bank and escrow accounts using false payment descriptions.