Iranian-American Found Guilty In Conspiracy To Smuggle Drones Used To Kill U.S. Troops
Mahdi Mohammad Sadeghi, an Iranian national with U.S. citizenship, has been found guilty of helping smuggle drone parts to Iran that the Justice Department says have been used to kill U.S. servicemembers.Sadeghi was arrested in 2024, along with an accomplice named Mohammad Abedini, for “conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization resulting in death,” following an Iranian drone attack that targeted a U.S. military base in Jordan. Sadeghi was also charged with violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations.“On Jan. 28, 2024, three U.S. service members were killed, and more than 40 others were injured, in a drone attack by IRGC-backed militants on a military base located in northern Jordan, known as Tower 22,” the Department of Justice said. “According to court documents, analysis of the drone that was recovered from the site of the attack showed that the drone was an Iranian Shahed UAV and that the navigation system used in the drone was manufactured by Abedini’s company.”The...
By: dailywire.com
