India, April 20 -- Shamim Mafi, a 44-year-old Iranian woman was arrested at the Los Angeles airport in the United States for alleged brokering a deal of weapons, including drones and bombs, between Iran and Sudan, a country which continues to bear the brunt of a civil war.

According to news agency AP, the company Mafi operated, through which weapons and ammunition were trafficked, received over $7 million in payments in 2025.

The Iranian woman will face charges of brokering the sale of "drones, bombs, bomb fuses, and millions of rounds of ammunition" between Iran and the Sudanese Armed Forces, First US Attorney Bill Essayli said in an X post on Sunday, in which he also shared a picture of the woman.

One of the pictures shared by Essayl...