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Mozaffar Khazaee (also known as Arash Khazaie), a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen, was arrested at Newark Liberty International Airport on January 9th while attempting to fly to Tehran. Khazaee was charged with allegedly transporting, transmitting and transferring "goods obtained by theft, conversion or fraud." U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Homeland Security agents intercepted documents, including technical manuals, specification sheets, and other materials, related to the U.S. Air Force's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program and jet engines. Khazaee had attempted to ship the materials from Connecticut to Hamadan, Iran, via Long Beach, California. He allegedly stole the documents from his employer, a U.S. defense contractor working on the F-35 joint strike force project.
