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English citizen condemned to have sold an experimental airplane to Iran

Washington, USA - The country is subject to trade sanctions by the Government of Washington

The 43-year-old Ali Asghar Manzarpour has been condemned in the USA for the attempting to sold illegally a Barkut Model 360 single-engine plane and other equipments to Iranian Government. Between 2000 and 2004 the British citizen would have entered into trade contacts with Iran, but the activity caused him the sentence for violation of the federal laws on the exports. The aircraft was transferred from...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 115265
Rome, Italy, 02/28/2005 18:06
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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