Iranian businesswoman arrested in US for allegedly trafficking arms to Sudan

United States federal agents arrested Shamim Mafi, a 44-year-old California resident, at Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday night. Authorities allege Mafi operated as a central figure in an illicit network helping Iran traffic weapons to Sudan, a nation now in its fourth year of a bloody civil war. According to First Assistant U.S. Attorney […]


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