Commerce Denies Export Privileges for Illegal Engine Shipment to Iran

The Department of Commerce denied Oguzhan Aydin export privileges after he was convicted of violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, Commerce said in a notice. Aydin illegally exported a “General Electric CF6-50c2” engine with the intent to supply the engine to Iran’s Mahan Airways, which also faces an export denial order (see 1912050032). Aydin shipped the engine through Turkey before it reached Iran, Commerce said. Aydin was convicted Aug. 3, 2016, and sentenced to about nine months in prison, three years of supervised release and a $100 fine. He was also added to the State Department’s Debarred List, the notice said. Commerce revoked Aydin’s export privileges for 10 years from his date of conviction.