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Pakistani national sentenced to 40 years for smuggling Iranian weapons
U.S. Navy forces had boarded an unflagged dhow in the Arabian Sea off Somalia, they discovered and seized Iranian-made weaponry matching those used by Houthis in the region.
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Lalit K Jha (5WH) - Thu, 23, Oct 2025
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A US court has sentenced a Pakistani national, Muhammad Pahlawan, to 40 years in prison for smuggling Iranian-made advanced weaponry to Yemen’s Houthi rebels, a covert operation that cost the lives of two U.S. Navy SEALs during an interdiction in the Arabian Sea last year.
The Justice Department Oct. 23 said a federal jury had convicted Pahlawan in June on multiple terrorism-related charges, including conspiring to provide material support to terrorists and Iran’s weapons of mass destruction program, as well as transporting explosives intended for use against U.S. and allied vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
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