{"id":73182,"date":"2026-04-19T17:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T17:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/73182\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T17:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T17:14:10","slug":"iranian-origin-us-resident-held-at-la-airport-for-alleged-arms-deals-with-tehran-sudan-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/73182\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian-origin US resident held at LA Airport for alleged arms deals with Tehran, Sudan: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Iranian-origin businesswoman with US permanent residency has been arrested at <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/los-angeles-international-airport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Los Angeles International Airport<\/a> for allegedly brokering arms deals involving Tehran and Sudan, according to a report by New York Post.<\/p>\n<p>Shamim Mafi, 44, was taken into custody on Saturday and charged with facilitating the sale of Iranian drones, bombs and ammunition, US prosecutors said, adding that the transactions were linked to Sudan amid its ongoing civil conflict, as per NY Post.<\/p>\n<p>The charge, under 50 U.S.C. \u00a7 1705, relates to brokering the sale of Iranian-made drones, bombs, bomb fuses and ammunition to Sudan, prosecutors said, and carries a maximum sentence of up to 20 years in prison if convicted.<br \/>Here\u2019s what the report says:Mafi allegedly brokered deals involving Iranian-made drones, bomb fuses and millions of rounds of ammunitionOne contract reportedly exceeded $70 million and involved Mohajer-6 armed dronesThe weapons were allegedly supplied to Sudan\u2019s defence establishment during its ongoing civil warShe is accused of using an Oman-registered company to conduct the transactionsAuthorities claim she routed deals through Turkey and the UAE to avoid US detectionPhone records allegedly show contact with Iran\u2019s Ministry of Intelligence between 2022 and 2025Prosecutors say she lacked legal authorisation to conduct such arms dealsShe faces charges under US sanctions laws, carrying up to 20 years in prison if convictedMafi was arrested while preparing to board a flight to Istanbul and is due to appear in a US court in Los Angeles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Iranian-origin businesswoman with US permanent residency has been arrested at Los Angeles International Airport for allegedly brokering&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73183,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[26889,26894,34,26892,26887,26885,26895,26888,26890,69,26893,26891],"class_list":{"0":"post-73182","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tehran","8":"tag-arms-deals-tehran-sudan","9":"tag-international-arms-smuggling","10":"tag-iran","11":"tag-iranian-drones-bomb-fuses","12":"tag-iranian-origin-us-resident-arrested","13":"tag-lax","14":"tag-los-angeles-international-airport","15":"tag-los-angeles-international-airport-arrest","16":"tag-shamim-mafi-charges","17":"tag-tehran","18":"tag-us-prosecutors-arms-trafficking-case","19":"tag-us-sanctions-laws-arms-trafficking"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116432500428677065","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}