(The Center Square) – An Iranian living in a Boston suburb has been arrested for his alleged role in an Iranian drone attack that killed three U.S. service members and wounded 40 at a U.S. Army base in Jordan on Jan. 28.
On Monday, Iranian-born Mahdi Mohammad Sadeghi, a resident of Natick, Mass., and Mohammad Abedini of Tehran, Iran, were charged in federal court in Boston “with conspiring to export sophisticated electronic components from the United States to Iran in violation of U.S. export control and sanctions laws.”
Abedini was also charged with providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The IRGC was designated as an FTO in 2019 by the U.S. federal government.
“Earlier this year, Iran-backed militias murdered three American soldiers and wounded dozens more in a brutal drone attack at the Tower 22 base in Jordan,” Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said. “Today, working with our partners here and abroad, we have charged and arrested two men who conspired to evade U.S. sanctions and supply the Iranian government with the type of drone navigation technology used in that attack. Our message is unmistakable: if you provide support to the Iranian regime’s campaign of terror and violence targeting Americans – we will find you, arrest you, and hold you accountable in a U.S. court, no matter where you are.”