The Justice Department says it has forfeited two large caches of weapons that the U.S. Navy seized from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the Arabian Sea.
Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen of the Justice Department’s National Security Division said the weapons’ seizure and forfeiture strikes a"resounding blow" to Iran and the"criminal networks supporting Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps."
Sept. 22, 2007: Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards march during a military parade to commemorate the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war in Tehran. "The Department of Justice will continue to use all available tools to combat the threats posed by terrorist organizations and all those who seek to harm the United States and its allies," he said in a statement.
The U.S. Navy Central Command seized the weapons from two flagless vessels in the Arabian Sea on Nov. 25, 2019, and Feb. 9, 2020, respectively. The DOJ filed a complaint on Aug. 20, 2020, in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia seeking to forfeit the seized weapons. The complaint alleged that the arms shipments were part of an IRGC trafficking network designed to distribute illicit weapons to the Houthi movement in Yemen.
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