LOS ANGELES: Federal prosecutors said a 44-year-old Los Angeles woman was arrested Saturday night at Los Angeles International Airport on suspicion of helping Iran traffic weapons to Sudan, which is in its fourth year of a bloody civil war. Shamim Mafi will face charges that she brokered the sale of “drones, bombs, bomb fuses, and millions of rounds of ammunition” between Iran and the Sudanese Armed Forces, First US Attorney Bill Essayli said Sunday on social media. A phone number for Mafi could not be located and it wasn’t known Sunday if she has an attorney who could speak on her behalf.

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Federal prosecutor says woman is suspected of dealing weapons to Africa on behalf of Iranian government

LOS ANGELES: Federal prosecutors said a 44-year-old Los Angeles woman was arrested Saturday night at Los Angeles International Airport on suspicion of helping Iran traffic weapons…

A 44-year-old Los Angeles-area woman is under arrest Sunday on charges of trafficking arms on behalf of the Iranian government, prosecutors say.

Shamim Mafi is accused of brokering the sales of arms to Sudan's defence ministry on behalf of Iran.

Il trafficante di armi super ricercato era una donna iraniana che viveva in California e trattava con i Pasdaran l'acquisto di bombe da inviare in...