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| So. CA man sentenced in plot to sell guns to Iran leader foes |
| 2008-03-11 |
| A man was sentenced Monday to three years and five months in federal prison for his role in a scheme to buy submachine guns and sell them to Iranian government officials opposed to that country's current president. Seyed Mostafa Maghloubi's plan, if executed, would have destabilized an "area of the world that has suffered enough from continuing upheaval," U.S. District Judge George King said as he handed down the sentence. "These were very dangerous actions," King said. Maghloubi, 50, of Los Angeles pleaded guilty last August to violating a federal export ban to Iran. According to the plea deal, a person he approached about buying the equipment brokered a meeting between him and a Los Angeles police detective Maghloubi thought was an arms dealer. Maghloubi took delivery of three Uzis and a pair of night-vision goggles, according to court records. He intended to ship the guns and goggles to a faction in Iran's government aligned with a political foe of current leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the court papers said. Which faction would that be? Before his sentencing, Maghloubi apologized to the court and asked King for mercy. He said his family had suffered both emotionally and financially since his arrest last year. Maghloubi's attorney, Deputy Federal Public Defender Guy Iversen, did not immediately return a call seeking comment. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #2 JohnQC, do you suppose the guns and goggles were samples to see if the merchandise would suit the client? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-03-11 20:41 |
| #1 This article sounds like so much BS. First, the judge said: Seyed Mostafa Maghloubi's plan, if executed, would have destabilized an "area of the world that has suffered enough from continuing upheaval," U.S. District Judge George King said as he handed down the sentence. A little overblown, don't you think judge. Second, the following was involved: three Uzis and a pair of night-vision goggles, according to court records Hardly destabilizing of a region. The Iranians can get arms from many places in the world besides this poor schlump. However, Seyed Mostafa Maghloubi is off the street and not likely to become a terrorist for a few years. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-03-11 19:48 |