OAN Staff Addie Davis
6:25 PM – Wednesday, June 3, 2026
A Southern California man, who also happens to be the CEO of an Iran-based technology company, was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly violating United States sanctions against the Islamic Republic, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).
According to the affidavit, filed with the federal complaint, Jamshid Ghomi, 63, a dual American-Iranian citizen, is the CEO of Faraz Pardaz Rayaneh Co. Ltd. (FPR), the DOJ noted.
“Ghomi is accused of aiding our declared enemies by selling U.S.-origin computer networking parts to Iran and earning millions of dollars in violation of U.S. sanction laws,” said First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli for the Central District of California.
“Our nation’s law prohibiting doing business with one of the world’s largest state sponsors of terrorism must be enforced and obeyed,” he continued.
According to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations (ITSR), it is prohibited to provide goods and services to Iran from the U.S., or by a U.S. national, without obtaining authorization from the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the DOJ explained.
Ghomi is accused of having used FPR to obtain “U.S.-origin networking equipment for customers in Iran” for more than a decade without a license from OFAC and is charged with “conspiracy to violate” the IEEPA.
The DOJ alleges that Ghomi used intermediaries to hide the final destination for supplies headed to Iran. A notable example of the sanctions violations occurred from 2014 to 2018, during which time the CEO arranged for more than 275 tons of networking equipment to be smuggled into the Islamic Republic.
“Ghomi knew this conduct was illegal and took deliberate steps to conceal it,” the department stated.
This included allegedly directing United Arab Emirates (UAE) co-conspirators to not use his name on shipping paperwork and to leave off invoices from shipments headed to Iran, as well as, on at least two occasions, to hide computer equipment from the U.S. in larger shipments.
The DOJ also alleges that, among Ghomi’s clients, were the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) and Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics.
“A relatively small but significant portion of that business went to the most sensitive end-users in Iran: the Iranian regime’s nuclear and military establishment,” the DOJ stated.
Ghomi’s alleged illegal business dealings resulted in great financial benefit, which were not reported to the IRS, the DOJ emphasized. Ghomi, despite having moved more than $15 million from Iran to U.S. bank accounts and a construction escrow account from 2011 to 2024, his highest reported income in a year was just $20,684.
The CEO claimed a tax break meant for low-to-moderate-income people for seven separate years, though during that same time, he had reported nearly $3 million for both home-mortgage interest and state and local real-estate taxes on his federal income tax returns.
“We will hold him accountable by seeking an appropriate prison sentence and by seizing his assets, including his $35 million Newport Beach mansion,” Essayli said.
If convicted, Ghomi could face up to 20 years in prison.
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