Overview
- A federal jury in Boston found Mahdi Mohammad Sadeghi guilty on three of five counts for conspiring to export electronic components to Iran, with the verdict returned on Monday, July 13, 2026.
- Prosecutors said Sadeghi helped an Iranian business associate route sensors and other parts through a Swiss company to a Tehran firm that made navigation systems used by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, while defense lawyers said Sadeghi only advised a longtime friend and that there is no proof the parts reached Iran.
- Before trial a judge barred prosecutors from presenting direct evidence linking Sadeghi to a January 2024 drone strike that killed three U.S. service members, allowing only general testimony about the Iranian company’s potential military uses.
- Sadeghi, a 43-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen who lost his job at Analog Devices after his December 2024 arrest, will remain free pending sentencing on Oct. 13, 2026.
- The case highlights how U.S. export controls target procurement networks that use intermediaries and alleged front companies, and it leaves the related co-defendant, Mohammad Abedininajafabadi, facing separate charges and believed to be in Iran after his 2024 release in Italy.