Two men have been charged in Boston federal court in connection with a fatal drone strike in Jordan that killed three U.S. service members and injured dozens earlier this year.
Abedini was further charged with providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization — the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
The men allegedly conspired to evade U.S. sanctions and supply the Iranian government with a type of drone navigation technology used in the Jan. 28 drone attack at the Tower 22 base in Jordan, a U.S. military outpost, prosecutors said.
The drone, launched by IRGC-backed militants, made impact near a shelter where some troops were sleeping and killed three U.S. service members.
The two men allegedly conspired to procure goods and technology from Sadeghi’s place of work and exported them and supplied them to Iran to Abedini’s Iranian company SDRA.
Persons:
Mahdi Mohammad Sadeghi, Mohammad Abedininajafabadi, Mohammad Abedini, Abedini, San’at, Sadeghi, SDRA, he'll, General Merrick Garland, Joshua S, Levy
Organizations:
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Locations:
Boston, Jordan, U.S, Natick , Massachusetts, Iran, Massachusetts, Iranian, Switzerland, Italy, United States, District of Massachusetts