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U.S.-Iranian national Mahdi Mohammad Sadeghi and Iranian national Mohammad Abedininajafabadi (Abedini) were charged in the United States with illicitly exporting electronic components to Iran. With Sadeghi's assistance, Abedini allegedly used a Switzerland-based front company Illumove SA to procure U.S.-origin microelectronics for his Iranian company San’at Danesh Rahpooyan Aflak Co. (SDRA or SADRA). SDRA produces navigation systems for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). A drone equipped with a SDRA-built navigation system was used in a January 2024 attack on a U.S. military base in Jordan that killed three U.S. service members. Sadeghi was arrested in the United States, and Abedini was arrested in Italy.