State Department Imposes Export Penalties for Illegal Transfers Involving Iran, North Korea, Syria

The State Department announced penalties on two people and four foreign entities and their subsidiaries for illegal transfers under the Iran, North Korea and Syria Nonproliferation Act, according to a notice. The agency said the parties transferred items subject to multilateral control lists that contribute to weapons proliferation or missile production. The State Department barred them from making certain purchases of items controlled on the U.S. Munitions List and by the Arms Export Control Act and will suspend any current export licenses used by the entities. The agency also will bar them from receiving new export licenses for any goods subject to the Export Administration Regulations. The restrictions will remain in place for two years from the March 14 effective date.

The people and entities are:

• Zhengzhou Nanbei Instrument Equipment Co. Ltd (China)
• Second Academy of Natural Science Foreign Affairs Bureau (SANS FAB) (North Korea)
• Ri Sung Chol (North Korea individual)
• Ardis Group of Companies LLC (Russia)
• PFK Profpodshipnik, LLC (Russia)
• Igor Aleksandrovich Michurin (Russia individual).