Engineer Pleads Guilty in U.S. to Trying to Take Jet Materials to Iran

February 25, 2015

Author: 

Jonathan Stempel

Publication: 

Reuters

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  • United States

Mozaffar Khazaee, a former engineer for Pratt & Whitney and other defense contractors, pleaded guilty on February 25 to violating the Arms Export Control Act by attempting to export sensitive information about the U.S. Air Force's F-35 and F-22 fighter jet programs to Iran.  Khazaee, a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen, faces up to 20 years in prison.  He was arrested at Newark Liberty International Airport on January 9 while attempting to fly to Tehran with stolen documents related to military jet engines in his luggage.