Why are Iranians with close ties to Iran’s despotic regime living large in the United States –– and aiding Tehran from Los Angeles?
The Trump administration is doing good work exploring that question, deporting compromised foreign nationals, and protecting national security.
Federal authorities on Saturdaynabbed yet another Iranian émigrée living the high life in LA— while serving the interests of Iran.
It was the latest in a string of busts by the feds following extensive reporting by The California Post on the luxe LA lives of Iran-aligned elites.
According to First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli, Shamim Mafi, 44, allegedly helped Iran buy arms and evade sanctions through a business she ran from her Woodland Hills home.
She allegedly brokered an arms deal to sell Iranian drones to Sudan, moving money through Turkey and the UAE, as well as through a front company in Oman.
She was also allegedly involved in deals to supply the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), including machine guns, rocket launchers, and ammunition.
That’s quite a record of allegedly aiding a US enemy from within the United States.
It’s great to see Team Trump, including Essayli and FBI Director Kash Patel, lay the groundwork to get her out.
Revelations about Mafi raise a range of questions, including why she was here as a lawful permanent resident in the first place, how she obtained a green card –– evidently in 2016 when Obama was president –– and why it took so long to expel her.
Source: California Post – Breaking California News, Photos & Videos
