LAX authorities arrest Iranian national attempting to traffic arms to Sudan for Islamic regime.

Shamim Mafi, 44, was arrested at LAX for attempting to smuggle drones, bombs, and millions of rounds of ammunition to Sudan on behalf of Iran.

Today, the Department of State is designating the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist and intends to designate the group as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, effective March 16, 2026.

The Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood uses unrestrained violence against civilians to undermine efforts to resolve the conflict in Sudan and advance its violent Islamist ideology. Its fighters, many receiving training and other support from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), have conducted mass executions of civilians. The Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood’s al-Baraa Bin Malik Brigade was designated pursuant to E.O. 14098 in September 2025 for its role in Sudan’s brutal war.

As the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, the Iranian regime has financed and directed malign activities globally through its IRGC. The United States will use all available tools to deprive the Iranian regime and Muslim Brotherhood chapters of the resources to engage in or support terrorism.

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US designates ‘Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood a Global Terrorist Organisation’, citing Iran links. 10/03/2026.

In a statement by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio yesterday, he said the move targets the group for its role in civilian violence during Sudan’s ongoing war.

“The Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood uses unrestrained violence against civilians to undermine efforts to resolve the conflict in Sudan and advance its violent Islamist ideology,” he said.

‘20,000 Fighters, mass executions’.

According to an accompanying statement by the US State Department, the SMB comprising the Sudanese Islamic Movement and its armed wing, the El Baraa Ibn Malik Brigade (BBMB), has deployed more than 20,000 fighters in the war, many trained and supported by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

The State Department added that BBMB fighters have conducted mass executions of civilians in captured areas, targeting people on the basis of race, ethnicity, or suspected opposition links. Washington had previously sanctioned the brigade in September 2025.
‘Sanctions and Iranian involvement’...

The Nicolas Cage movie Lord of War was about a real life arms dealer profiting from keeping deaths going in African places.
Eamonn Walker, who for years played the chief in Chicago Fire, kept making malapropisms (the title is really about a War Lord but he preferred Lord of War. He said our corrupt US legal system would consider his case in the Court of Kangaroos. And wanted the Gun of Rambo (”From which movie, 1, 2 or 3?” “One. That’s the only Rambo movie I saw.” Cage quickly told him: “The M60 machine gun or the M16A1.”

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