On April 19, 2026, the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Shamim Mafi, a 44-year-old Iranian national, at Los Angeles International Airport and charged her with conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. They accused Mafi, a legal U.S. resident since October 2016 and living in Woodland Hills, California, of “functioning as a proxy for Iranian intelligence in Los Angeles” and brokering millions of dollars in sales of weapons to the Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated…
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