Six charged with providing US space technology to Iran

Washington Post : Nader Modanlo, a former NASA scientist, was among six people indicted in Maryland yesterday on charges of violating a trade embargo on high-tech exports to Iran. The indictment alleges that Modanlo used his satellite company Final Analysis and a front company Prospect Telecom to act as an intermediary between a Russian aerospace company and an Iranian customer. Because of the deal, the indictment alleges, Iran was able to launch a satellite into low-Earth orbit in 2005.