Mahdi Sadeghi, a dual U.S.-Iranian national, appears in an 2024 photo that federal prosecutors in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., obtained from his phone and included in a court filing on January 13, 2025 that depicts Sadeghi with two other individuals, including Mohammad Abedini. U.S. Department of Justice/Handout via REUTERS
BOSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge declined on Tuesday to allow an Iranian-born engineer to be released on bail while he awaits trial on charges related to a deadly drone attack on a U.S. military base in Jordan carried out by Iran-backed militants last year.
U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston ruled that the risk that Mahdi Sadeghi might flee was too great to allow him to be released on bond while he awaited trial on charges that he engaged in a scheme to violate U.S. export control and sanctions laws.
