BIS Announces Denial of Export Privileges for Six Export Control Law Violators

BIS is denying export privileges for six individuals for export control law violations, the agency said. BIS denied export privileges for Tayabi Hussain until Oct. 3, 2026 for exporting optical and telescopic equipment and several sets of gas turbine mobile generators from the U.S. to Iran; Shehzad John until Aug. 1, 2026, for exporting to Pakistan an optical scope, laser aimer, laser sight and an AR-15 30 mm red dot sight without the required Commerce Department licenses; Shantia Hassanshahi until Dec. 12, 2021, for conspiring to export "goods and technology" from Canada to Iran without the required Office of Foreign Assets Control license; BIS is also denying export privilidges for Robert Shubert until Oct. 15, 2024, for exporting dual-sensor night vision goggles from the U.S. to Japan without required State Department licenses; Mark Henry until Nov. 19, 2025, for exporting to Taiwan "ablative materials for use, among other things, as a protective coating for rocket nozzles," designated on the U.S. Munitions List (USML), without the required State license; and John Stribling until July 6, 2021, for exporting to Indonesia two pistols and two rifles designated on the USML without required State licenses.