U.S.-Iranian Engineer Convicted of Exporting Controlled Components to Iran

A federal jury in Boston convicted Mahdi Mohammad Sadeghi, a 43-year-old dual U.S.-Iranian national, on three counts tied to illegally exporting controlled electronic components to Iran. Prosecutors said he helped Mohammad Abedini use a Swiss front company to obtain accelerometers, gyroscopes and other technology for an Iranian firm serving the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps drone program. Sadeghi remains free pending sentencing on October 13. A judge barred evidence tying Abedini’s drone work to the January 2024 Tower 22 attack because prosecutors had not shown Sadeghi knew of that military use or that his exports were installed in the weapon.