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DOJ: Woodland Hills Woman Brokered $70M Iranian Drone Sale to Sudan, Arrested at LAX With Iranian Intelligence Ties
Shamim Mafi, 44, an Iranian national who became a U.S. lawful permanent resident under the Obama administration in 2016, was arrested Saturday night at LAX before boarding a flight out of the U.S. A federal criminal complaint charges her with conspiring to broker Iranian weapons sales to Sudan — including a $70M+ Mohajer-6 drone deal and 55,000 bomb fuses — in violation of U.S. sanctions, with records showing 62 phone contacts with an Iranian intelligence officer.
