A Scottish engineer is facing up to 30 years in a US jail after pleading guilty to trying to smuggle £400,000 worth of power generating equipment to Iran. The US has a trade embargo imposed on Iran to prevent the sale of technology to the 'rogue state'. The father-of-three, who is originally from Dundee, was arrested by FBI agents in August as he flew into Pensacola, Florida. Fisher faces up to 20 years imprisonment for violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and up to 10 years imprisonment for attempted smuggling. Fisher was charged was violating the International Economic Powers Act which is aimed at preventing Iran from developing weapons that could be used in terrorism.

Source: Daily Mail September 11, 2020 13:18 UTC