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flag A Pakistani man was sentenced to 40 years for smuggling Iranian missile parts to Yemen, linked to IRGC operatives and a deadly Navy SEAL interception.

flag A Pakistani man, Muhammad Pahlawan, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for smuggling Iranian-made missile components and a warhead to Yemen via the Arabian Sea. flag The operation, linked to two Iranian brothers believed to be tied to Iran’s IRGC, involved two voyages in late 2023 and early 2024, with cargo transferred at sea near Somalia. flag During a U.S. Navy interception attempt, two Navy SEALs drowned. flag Pahlawan evaded capture initially, threatening crew members to conceal his identity. flag The seized weapons marked the first Iranian-supplied arms intercepted by U.S. forces since Houthi attacks in the Red Sea intensified. flag Smuggling routes using dhows remain common, with U.S. and allied forces having seized millions of rounds and thousands of weapons in the region since 2015.

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