US Engineer Sent IRAN Drone Parts, Feds Say, As FBI Traces Drone That Killed 3 American Soldiers

On January 28, 2024, an Iranian drone hit Tower 22, a small U.S. outpost in Jordan. Three American soldiers from Georgia were killed and more than 40 were wounded. When the FBI took apart the wreckage, it traced the drone's navigation system to an Iranian company. Federal prosecutors say that company relied on U.S.-made parts sent to Iran with help from an engineer living outside Boston.

Mahdi Mohammad Sadeghi, 43, of Natick, Massachusetts, worked for a U.S. microelectronics company. Prosecutors say he helped route American accelerometers, gyroscopes and navigation sensors to Iran through a front company in Switzerland, working with Tehran-based engineer Mohammad Abedini, co-founder of SDRA, a navigation company that supplies Iran's Revolutionary Guard.

Abedini was arrested in Milan in December 2024, but Italy released him weeks later and he returned to Iran, where he remains a U.S. fugitive. Sadeghi stood trial alone, and the judge barred prosecutors from telling the jury about Tower 22, because he was not charged with the attack.

On July 13, 2026, a federal jury in Boston convicted Sadeghi of conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions on Iran and two counts of violating them. He faces up to 60 years in prison.

In memory of Sgt. William Jerome Rivers, Sgt. Breonna Moffett and Sgt. Kennedy Sanders.

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts (December 2024 charges, July 2026 verdict) U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs NBC10 Boston · CBS News Boston · 13WMAZ WBUR / Associated Press · Reuters · JNS · ANSA

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