- Mahdi Sadeghi, a dual U.S.-Iranian engineer and former Analog Devices employee, was convicted in Boston of conspiring to illegally export sensor technology to an Iran-based company linked to military drone systems.
- Prosecutors say the Iranian firm’s customers included the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; a co-defendant, Mohammad Abedini, was arrested in Italy and later released after Iran detained an Italian journalist.
- Sadeghi was found guilty on three counts (acquitted on two others), maintains his innocence, and is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 13.
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