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An Iranian Arms Dealer's Path to US Prison

(Dec. 23) -- Amir Hossein Ardebili was not your typical merchant of death. He didn't travel the world buying up Kalashnikovs to sell to insurgents fighting brutal civil wars, or fly airplanes loaded with deadly rockets into strife-ridden countries. Instead, he worked as an obscure businessman buying spare parts, such as...

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03/22/12 U.S. Deports Iranian Convicted Of Arms Smuggling Source: Payvand An Iranian national who pleaded guilty in 2009 to plotting to ship sensitive U.S. military technology to Iran has been deported back to his home country, a spokesman for the U.S. State Department has confirmed.
03/20/12 Iranian convicted in arms smuggling case deported Source: ABC - KAAL 6 - Austin MN An Iranian national who pleaded guilty in 2009 to plotting to ship sensitive U.S. military technology to Iran has been deported back to his home country.
03/13/12 Iranian released from U.S. prison to be deported:... Source: The Raw Story An Iranian whose release reportedly had been sought by Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is undergoing deportation proceedings after serving a five year prison sentence for arms smuggling, a US official said Tuesday.
10/04/11 Tehran urges US to free Iranian inmates Source: Daily Times - Pakistan Tehran on Tuesday renewed its call on Washington to free the innocent Iranian inmates imprisoned in the US jails, reminding Irans good will gesture in releasing the three American nationals, Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, who were detained on spying charges after crossing Iran-Iraq borders illegally in 2009.
06/18/11 'US holds 11 Iranians without proof' Source: Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) More than 60 Iranian nationals are being held in US prisons, 11 of them on political grounds and without any proof or evidence, an Iranian official says.