Two individuals, respectively in the United States and Italy, have been arrested on charges of being involved in the January 28th, 2024, drone strike on the Tower 22 outpost, on the northeast corner of Jordan, next to the Syrian border, that killed three US soldiers and injured more than 40.

The two detained men are Mahdi Mohammad Sadeghi (42), an Iranian-American citizen residing in Massachusetts and Mohammed Abedini (38), an Iranian-Swiss citizen who was arrested in Italy after landing at Milan’s Malpensa airport.

The US Department of Justice announced at a press conference that the two are accused of violating federal export laws by handing over sensitive US technology information to Iran that helped Teheran organize and conduct the attack.

As indicated in the December 16th press release of the DOJ, Sadeghi and Abedini have been charged with conspiring to export sophisticated electronic components from the United States to Iran in violation of US export control and sanctions laws. Abedini is also charged with providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization (FTO), that resulted in the deaths of the three US service members.

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