Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, October 24, 2019 Columbus Man Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Exporting Goods to Iran Defendant Used Dublin Shell Company to Export Oil Industry Parts A Central Ohio man was sentenced in U.S. District Court today for exporting gas and oil pipeline parts to Iran for more than a decade in deliberate violation of a U.S. embargo and trade sanctions.Behrooz Behroozian, 64, of Columbus, was sentenced to 20 months in prison.“For years, this defendant deliberately sought to defeat and evade the Iranian sanctions for personal gain while supplying critical...