EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ISLAND GATE CO,

UNCLAS ABU DHABI 000124

STATE FOR PM/DTCC FOR BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR
USDOC FOR 532/BIS/OEA/TWILLIS/EHOLLAND/MNICKSON/DFARROW
DHS FOR ICE/STRATEGIC

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: BEXP ETRD ETTC AE

SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ISLAND GATE CO,
AKA: ISLAND GATE GENERAL TRADING, DUBAI, UAE.

REF: A. USDOC 0126

B. USDOC 0127

C. USDOC 0128


1. Reftels requested that post conduct post-shipment verifications
at Island Gate Co., AKA: Island Gate General Trading, Dubai UAE for
several shipments of Integrated Circuits (electronic devices and
components) exported as No License Required by Avnet, Chandler, AZ.


2. Background: Export Control Officer (ECO) visited this company in
2007 based on a request from the BIS/OEE Boston Field Office. On
August 8, 2007, ECO and SS/A Mike Rufe, OEE HQ interviewed Hossein
Saba, Managing Director, Island Gate General Trading regarding a
shipment of vacuum pump oil that had been detained in the U.S.
because it was suspected that it was being diverted to Iran. Saba,
an Iranian national, advised that the only supporting documentation
he had was in the form of emails to his customers. ECO was unable to
definitely determine the end users and destinations for the detained
shipment.


3. On Jan 28, 2009, ECO visited the Island Gate offices to discuss
the several shipments of integrated circuits from Avnet in Arizona.
The Island Gate point of contact listed for these shipments was
Borzu Aboei. ECO met with the Island Gate office assistant, who
advised that both Mr. Borzu Aboei and Mr. Hossein Saba were in Iran
for an undetermined period on business. She was not aware of their
activities nor did she know when they would return. There was no
other Island Gate contact available. ECO was able to locate the
Island Gate website (www.island-gate.com) in which the contact
details list a phone number for a Dubai, UAE and a Tehran, Iran
office.


4. Post is unable to determine the disposition of these integrated
circuit shipments. However, considering the circumstances outlined
above, Post considers Island Gate General Trading to be an
unreliable recipient of U.S. origin items.

OLSON