Two Japanese Businessmen Found Guilty of Missile-Related Exports to Iran

A Japanese court today convicted two men of illegally exporting missile-related equipment to Iran, according to the Associated Press (see GSN, June 13).

The employees of Seishin Enterprise Co. were arrested last year on charges of having illegally exported to Iran in 1999 and 2000 equipment that could be used to produce solid missile fuel, AP reported. The Tokyo company’s president received a suspended sentence of 2 1/2 years, while Seishin’s former South Korean branch manager was given a suspended 1 1/2 year sentence. Seishin Enterprise was also fined $134,000 (Associated Press/Yahoo!News, Oct. 15).

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