Transporting Iranian, Made Advanced Conventional Weapons, Share Facebook — Pakistani National Sentenced to 40 Years for Transporting Iranian-Made Advanced Conventional Weapons | United States Justice Department.
The type of weaponry found aboard the dhow is consistent with the weaponry used by the Houthi rebel forces during the time of the charged conspiracy against merchant ships and U.S. Holstead of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division; and Assistant Director in Charge Darren B. announcement Pakistani National Sentenced to 40 Years for Transporting Iranian-Made Advanced Conventional Weapons Thursday, October 23, 2025 Share Facebook X LinkedIn Email For Immediate Release Office of Public Affairs A Pakistani national was sentenced on Oct. 16 to 40 years in prison for charges relating to his transportation
of Iranian-made advanced conventional weaponry.On June 5, 2025, a federal jury convicted Muhammad Pahlawan of conspiring to provide material support and resources to terrorists, providing material support and resources to Iran’s weapons of mass destruction program, providing material support to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ weapons of mass destruction program, conspiring to and indeed transporting explosive devices to the Houthis knowing those explosives would be used to cause harm and threatening his crew.According to court records and evidence presented at trial, on the night of Jan. boarding team encountered 14 individual mariners
on the vessel, including Pahlawan.During a search of the dhow, the U.S. Kaster of the National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section prosecuted the case. Former Eastern District of Virginia prosecutor Danya Atiyeh supported the case. Updated October 23, 2025 Topics Counterterrorism National Security Components Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) National Security Division (NSD) USAO – Virginia, Eastern announcement Number: 25-1040. 11, 2024, U.S. Central Command Navy forces operating from the USS LEWIS B. PULLER, including Navy SEALs and members of the U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team East, boarded an unflagged dhow, a small vessel, in