Federal prosecutors mentioned a 44-year-old Los Angeles lady was arrested Saturday night time at Los Angeles International Airport on suspicion of helping Iran site visitors weapons to Sudan, which is in its fourth yr of a bloody civil war.
Shamim Mafi will face expenses that she brokered the sale of “drones, bombs, bomb fuses, and millions of rounds of ammunition” between Iran and the Sudanese Armed Forces, First U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli mentioned Sunday on social media.
A cellphone quantity for Mafi couldn’t be situated and it wasn’t recognized Sunday if she has an legal professional who may communicate on her behalf.
Essayli posted a photograph of somebody in an FBI jacket escorting a girl into the again of a sedan outdoors a terminal at LAX.
Mafi is an Iranian nationwide who grew to become a lawful everlasting resident of the United States in 2016, Essayli mentioned.
She is scheduled to seem in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on Monday. If convicted, she may face up to 20 years in jail.
The Sudanese civil warfare has created a humanitarian disaster within the North African nation the place meals provides are dwindling and thousands and thousands of folks have fled their properties.