Former FAA Contractor, Naturalized US Citizen, Pleads Guilty to Spying for Iran
17th April 2025
A former Federal Aviation Administration contractor pleaded guilty on Wednesday to acting as a secret agent for Iran, supplying Tehran with sensitive U.S. aviation and energy data over a seven-year span.
Abouzar Rahmati, a 42-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen, admitted in federal court to conspiring to act and acting as an agent of the Iranian government while working as an FAA contractor in the United States. The Department of Justice said Rahmati passed non-public data about the U.S. aviation sector and solar energy industry to Iranian intelligence officials from at least December 2017 through June 2024.
Treason, under the Constitution.
Espionage, under the Espionage Act.
Death penalty in any non-suicidal country. I wish we had one….