A federal judge in Washington has refused to approve a deferred prosecution agreement between prosecutors and the Dutch aerospace company Fokker Services BV, saying the deal would “promote disrespect for the law.”

The agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice and Fokker Services, to resolve claims that the company made illegal shipments to Iran, Sudan and Burma, is “grossly disproportionate to the gravity of Fokker Services' conduct in a post-9/11 word,” U.S. District Judge Richard Leon said Thursday in a 13-page opinion.

Fokker Services faces one count of conspiracy to export U.S. goods and services for allegedly making 1,100 separate deliveries of aircraft and navigation equipment to Iran, Sudan and Burma from 2005 to 2010. Under the agreement, Fokker Services would take responsibility for the deliveries and the feds would drop their charges if the business pays a $10.5 million fine and is in compliance for 18 months, among other requirements. The deal, however, doesn't call for an independent compliance monitor.