Supply of Civilian Airliners to Iran

P. John made this Freedom of Information request to Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The request was successful.

From: P. John

9 February 2010

Dear Foreign and Commonwealth Office,

please could you disclose to me;

- what treaties/embargoes/restrictions presently apply to UK
companies that supply civilian airliners to Iran?
- when were those restrictions introduced?
- what penalties apply to UK Companies, and their Directors, who
supply civilian aircraft to Iran in contravention of those
restrictions?

many thanks,
Yours faithfully,

P. John

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P. John left an annotation ( 9 February 2010)

Balli Aviation breached US/Iran trade embargo:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/busine...

Norman Lamont (Lord Lamont) is a Non Exec Director of Balli, and Chairman of the British Iranian Chamber of Commerce:

http://www.bicc.org.uk/bicc-board.html

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

9 February 2010

Dear Mr John

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request. It has been passed to the relevant section within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to deal with. They will be in touch with you should your request need clarification.

We received your request on 09 February 2010 and will aim to respond within 20 working days.

Yours Sincerely

Scott Macdonald

Information Management Group
Information Rights Team

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P. John left an annotation (17 February 2010)

Balli Aviation; failure to supply accounts to Companies House...

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/la...

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

4 March 2010


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Dear P John

Please find attached reply to your Freedom of Information request.

Regards
Stephanie

Stephanie Bah
Iran Co-ordination Group
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
2 King Charles Street
London SW1A 2AH
Tel: 0207 008 2140

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

8 March 2010

Dear Mr John

Thank you for your letter concerning the supply of civilian aircraft by
Balli Group to Iran. Investigations and prosecutions are a matter for
HMRC.

Yours sincerely

Stephanie Bah

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