- A naturalized U.S. citizen, Abouzar Rahmati, pleaded guilty to working with Iranian government and intelligence officials on their behalf as a contractor for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) between 2017 and 2024.
- During that period, Rahmati met with Iranian intelligence in Iran, communicated with Iranian authorities using a cover story to hide his conduct, obtained employment with an FAA contractor with access to sensitive, non-public information about the U.S. aviation sector, and obtained and provided open-source and non-public materials about the solar energy industry in the U.S. to intelligence officers. Read More
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