Biography
Reza Sarhangpour Kafrani, also known as Reza Sarhang, is an Iranian citizen who was living in Montreal when a federal grand jury in Washington indicted him on July 30, 2021. The indictment alleged a conspiracy to export laboratory equipment from the United States to Iran through Canada and the United Arab Emirates, export-control violations, failure to file export information and money laundering. Public records do not establish that he was arrested, extradited or confined in the United States. President Joe Biden granted him a full pardon on September 14, 2023, before trial.