Muslim University Research Student Accused of Sending U.S. Radar Equipment To Iran

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A Muslim student attending the University of Queensland has been accused by U.S. authorities of sending radar equipment to Iran.

The student currently performs research at Queensland University.

The radar equipment was deemed military grade.

And the student is fighting hard to keep from being extradited to the United States to face the charges, which carry a prison sentence of up to 20 years.

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Wasn’t this supposed to be the new and improved relations America has with the Muslim community, thanks to Barack Obama? That’s the line we were sold during the signing of the treacherous Iran nuclear deal, anyway.

From ABC.net:

A University of Queensland (UQ) research student is fighting to avoid extradition to the United States, after American authorities accused him of exporting military radar equipment to help the Iranian Government.

Reza Dehbashi Kivi, 38, has never set foot in the US but is accused of exporting American equipment for detecting stealth planes or missiles to Iran.

Mr Dehbashi could face a maximum 20 years’ prison for the alleged offences, which date back to 2008 when he was living in Iran, the country of his birth.

His barrister Daniel Caruana told the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Friday his client was on an “extraordinary scholarship” at UQ to study his PhD, where he was working on developing a machine to detect skin cancers.

The Redbank Plains man was arrested on Thursday and taken into custody, with American officials seeking to have him extradited to the US to face six charges.

According to court documents, Mr Dehbashi is facing charges of conspiring to export special amplifiers classified as “defence articles” under the US munitions list.

The US Government has alleged the amplifiers were bought from American companies.

Another charge accuses him of “aiding and abetting in the exportation of defence articles from the United States to Iran”.

Magistrate cites treaty obligations in refusing bail
Mr Dehbashi lost an application to be released on bail before a contested hearing on October 25 to decide on the extradition.

Mr Caruana told the court Mr Dehbashi’s scholarship, lack of criminal history, and ties to the community were some of the reasons he should be released on bail.

But Magistrate Barbara Tynan rejected the application, saying the threshold for allowing bail was higher for extradition cases than for domestic cases.

“There is nothing extraordinary, in my view, that he is a scholarship holder and undertaking high-level studies regardless of the fact that those studies may be of benefit to the community,” she said.

“Australia has a very substantial interest in surrendering a person in accordance with its treaty obligations.

“In an era where much crime is transnational, the breakdown in international cooperation would be disastrous.

“If other countries think it not worthwhile to seek extradition from Australia, Australia may become a haven, for a time, for people who have committed serious crimes in other countries.”

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Suresh
Suresh
5 years ago

Dems were paid by Iranian lobbyists to support Nuke deal http://tinyurl.com/mcake4d

And their holdovers still support it.

MitchHill
MitchHill
5 years ago

This act by this 38 y o student is likely associated with hezbollah . These heinous acts are only one of many traiterous acts that o bummer should take credit for , not our thriving economy. Lethal injection would be too kind for this muzlim , as well as for the other muzlim who ran the United States into the ground.

Navy_Vet
Navy_Vet
5 years ago

A bullet would be much cheaper that bringing here to the US and wasting millions of taxpayer dollars to try him in a court that will probably give him a slap on the hand.

caliroxanne
caliroxanne
5 years ago

A 38-year-old “student”??? This is the game these Muslims play with student visas.

Politically Accurate
Politically Accurate
5 years ago
Reply to  caliroxanne

The inbred Islamonazi savage is in the 17th year of a four-year liberal crap degree in victimology and Koranimal studies.

chris VN
chris VN
5 years ago
Reply to  caliroxanne

Unaccompanied child.

IzlamDownpressesHumanity
IzlamDownpressesHumanity
5 years ago

So is he still a “moderate” muslum?

R. Arandas
R. Arandas
5 years ago

Heh, if an American student were to be found spying in Iran, he would NO LONGER be breathing, most likely.

Thomas Faddis
Thomas Faddis
5 years ago

Well, Australia has ONE judge worth her salt, at Least!!! Kudos , extradite this pos NOW!

volksnut
volksnut
5 years ago

A judge with some common sense –

Alleged-Comment
Alleged-Comment
5 years ago

Barack was a Moslem and Negro sodomite. He never embraced anything American or he wouldn’t be either one. So when you offered him the “Presidency” the Negro jumped at the chance to bring America down along with 535 Congogreesmen.

Many of which should be hanged. But nothing has happened. Hillaryous still has not been arrested. Nor the “team” that tried to bring down a legitimate sitting US President.

Bill is still free after raping Juanita Broadderick. Diane Frankenstein is still free after espionage with a Chinese agent. So is Wassername. James Corney has not been arrested. Many more still free.

If they don’t go to jail nobody else should. And nobody has committed greater treason and even murder (rape not included) then these fellows.

jerrys
jerrys
5 years ago

Around 1998 the saudi king in an Arabic broadcast boasted that he would put a moslem in Americas White House by 2008. I think that explains a lot.

jerrys
jerrys
5 years ago

Why do we train our enemies in how to attack and defeat us?

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