In addition to this, Nazemzadeh also made a number of incriminating states during a post arrest interview in which he signed a waiver of rights and was interviewed voluntarily. Later, Nazemzadeh told the undercover agent that he shouldn’t worry about whether or not the coils were returned, because they could change the paperwork to show that it wasn’t being returned from Iran. When the undercover agent told him that would also require a license, Nazemzadeh responded that sometimes the company in the Netherlands would just keep the items and not forward them on. Nazemzadeh responded that he would get the license later, but for purposes of the export they should just send it to the Netherlands first. In those communications, the undercover agent stated that exports of humanitarian goods to Iran were allowed, but required a license from OFAC. Part of the evidence that Nazemzadeh sought to suppress was recorded communications between Nazemzadeh and an undercover law enforcement agent posing as a medical device salesperson. The court found that none of the defendant’s arguments were valid based on the factual circumstances presented. In his motion Nazemzadeh stated that the statements should be suppressed because the scope of the warrant used to procure his emails was overly broad and in violation of the Fourth Amendment, that he required a translator for his post arrest interview and was not provided with one, that the Miranda warnings given were not valid, and that he was not afforded counsel after he requested counsel. According to information submitted by the government in this case Nazemzadeh knew an OFAC license was to be obtained for these products but did not seek such a license. Nazemzadeh is accused of seeking to export medical devices, including MRI coils, to Iran without a license from the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”). Nazemzadeh is a post doctoral research fellow in the Department of Radiology Oncology at the University of Michigan who is residing in the U.S. Nazemzadeh was indicted for seeking to export medical devices to Iran. The United States District Court of the Southern District of California has denied the motion of a criminal defendant, Mohammad Reza Nazemzadeh, to suppress statements made by him in a variety of communications with other individuals and with law enforcement.

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