A U.K. citizen has pleaded guilty in Florida to federal charges related to violating an embargo and attempting to smuggle industrial equipment to Iran. Colin Fisher, 45, pleaded guilty on Monday in Pensacola federal court to violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and to attempted smuggling in relation to exporting power generating equipment to Iran, according to court records. He faces up to 30 years in prison at a scheduled Nov. 10 sentencing. "Exporting technology to Iran is prohibited for a very good reason, yet this defendant chose to put his own selfinterest above global and national security," U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida Lawrence Keefe said in a statement. Fisher was arrested by federal agents in August when he arrived in Pensacola from the United Arab Emirates to finish the deal, prosecutors said. Fisher has worked for nearly three years to violate the Iranian embargo by attempting to export a Solar Turbines Mars 90 S turbine core engine and parts from the U.S. to Iran, they added.
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