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Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Two men were charged with illegally procuring American technology for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps'
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Two men were charged with illegally procuring American technology for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' drone program, according to court documents unsealed by the Justice Department. Iranian national Hossein Hatefi Ardakani and co-defendant Gary Lam, who was based in China and Hong Kong, were charged in D.C. federal court with procuring microelectronics for the IRGC's program from 2014 to 2015, according to court documents. Ardakani and his co-conspirators used a "web of foreign companies to accomplish their obfuscation and evasion...
The Justice Department announced charges against two men in a scheme to supply electronic technology to Iran, according to multiple media outlets.
Tehran is suspected of supplying UAVs to Russia and Middle Eastern proxies.
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