US Alleges Chinese Fugitives Smuggled Missile Parts to Iran

The Justice Department charged four Chinese nationals with smuggling American electronics to supply Iranian weapons production, the latest use of export controls enforcement to target foreign adversaries.

A federal indictment in Washington alleges the defendants schemed since at least 2007 to export the dual-use parts used in the missile and aerospace industries through front companies in China and Hong Kong. They allegedly concealed that the technology was eventually sent to sanctioned Iranian companies with ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Iran’s defense ministry.

The indictment flowed from the “disruptive technology strike force.” The joint effort between the Justice ...