Tennessee Resident Sentenced to Prison for Illegal Exports to Iran

A Tennessee resident who is a naturalized U.S. citizen and also an Iranian citizen was sentenced to 46 months in prison for smuggling more than $100,000 worth of items from the U.S. to Iran, the Justice Department said July 16. Aiden Davidson, manager of New Hampshire-based Golden Gate International, pleaded guilty in March (see 2003030055) to being involved in at least 10 exports of containers of industrial goods and equipment to Iran, which included motors, pumps and valves, the Justice Department said. Documents associated with the shipments falsely listed a business in Turkey as the ultimate consignee. Davidson received about $1 million in wire transfers for the exports between 2014 and 2017. He was arrested in September 2018.