Two Los Angeles-area men, Zavik Zargarian and Vache Nayirian, were arrested on October 26, 2016 for conspiring to smuggle over $3 million of military aircraft parts to Iran.  Zargarian's company, ZNC Engineering, is also named in the indictment, along with Hanri Tarminassian and Hormuz Nowrouz, who are both believed to be in Iran. According to the indictment, Zargarian acted on behalf of Tarminassian to acquire military aircraft parts from U.S. based suppliers, which included parts for F-14, F-15, F-16, and F-18 fighter jets.  The defendants also allegedly conspired to ship fluorocarbon rubber O-­rings, which have miltiary applications, to the Iranian Air Force, via transshipment through Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.