A dual U.S.-Iranian citizen accused of helping Iran’s military and nuclear program obtain sensitive American technology used millions of dollars in illicit proceeds from the scheme to fund the construction of his Newport Beach mansion, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

Jamshid Ghomi, 63, an Iranian-American businessman who lives in Newport Coast, California, was charged with conspiracy to violate U.S. sanctions laws by supplying export-restricted American networking, security and encryption equipment to customers in Iran, including entities tied to the country’s military and nuclear enrichment programs.

«As alleged, Ghomi enriched himself by supplying U.S. technology to the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran and other sanctioned entities responsible for Iran’s nuclear program,» Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg said in a statement.

The arrest comes amid a broader federal crackdown on Iranian procurement networks and intelligence operations. In recent years, federal authorities have charged multiple Iranian nationals and operatives accused of obtaining U.S. technology for military purposes and acting on behalf of the Iranian government.

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Ghomi is the founder and CEO of Faraz Pardaz Rayaneh Co. Ltd. (FPR), a Tehran-based technology company that, according to court documents, spent more than a decade acquiring sophisticated U.S. equipment and funneling it to Iranian government entities through intermediaries in the United Arab Emirates.

Investigators say the alleged sanctions-evasion scheme generated millions of dollars for Ghomi, who then took steps to disguise the money’s origin before moving it into the United States.

He laundered proceeds from his Iran-based business through a network of offshore companies and exchange houses located in the British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong, Turkey and the UAE, according to the complaint.

Prosecutors contend that over a 13-year period, more than $15 million tied to Ghomi’s Iran-based business flowed into American financial accounts, including accounts used to finance construction of his Newport Coast residence.

Authorities say many of the transfers contained false descriptions such as «Buying Goods» and «For Consulting Fees.» Prosecutors further allege Ghomi falsely reported the incoming funds to the IRS as a foreign inheritance while reporting little income on his federal tax returns.

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Jamshid Ghomi is accused by federal prosecutors of helping Iranian military and nuclear-linked entities obtain sensitive U.S. technology and using proceeds from the scheme to fund the construction of his Newport Beach mansion. (DOJ District of California)

Court documents show his highest reported annual income was approximately $20,684. Authorities also say he claimed the Earned Income Tax Credit, a tax benefit intended for low- and moderate-income workers, in multiple tax years.

Meanwhile, investigators say Ghomi was building and residing in a 14,000-square-foot Newport Coast mansion valued at roughly $35 million. Ghomi purchased a vacant lot in 2010 for roughly $4.5 million and spent more than $10 million constructing the residence. Federal authorities allege more than $7 million in foreign-source wire transfers linked to the sanctions-evasion scheme flowed into escrow accounts used to finance his mansion construction.

«Ghomi is accused of aiding our declared enemies by selling U.S.-origin computer networking parts to Iran and earning millions of dollars in violation of U.S. sanction laws,» First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said. «Our nation’s laws prohibiting doing business with one of the world’s largest state sponsors of terrorism must be enforced and obeyed.»

Investigators allege FPR supplied American-made networking, security and encryption products to some of the Iranian regime’s most sensitive organizations, including the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics, Iran Computer Industries and other military-affiliated entities.

An aerial shot of the mansion belonging to Ghomi. Federal prosecutors allege that it was financed in part with proceeds from a scheme to illegally export U.S. technology to Iran. (Justice Department)

According to prosecutors, FPR supplied U.S.-origin networking equipment to the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) from 2017 through 2023. The agency oversees Iran’s nuclear program, including uranium enrichment and centrifuge operations, and was sanctioned by the U.S. State Department in 2020.

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Ghomi is also accused of supplying more than 250 metric tons of networking and computer equipment to Iran between 2014 and 2018 alone. Prosecutors say he made hundreds of purchases of restricted American technology and knowingly violated U.S. sanctions while taking deliberate steps to conceal the operation.

Investigators say Ghomi worked to ensure shipments were routed through UAE-based front companies to conceal their true destination and instructed associates to keep his name off invoices and shipping documents.

If convicted, he could face up to 20 years in prison.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio put U.S. organizations on notice: they can no longer do business with a key Cuban organization that has spent over six decades since the launch of Fidel Castro’s communist revolution in 1959, cultivating relationships with U.S. activists and groups, many of them now funded by communist American tycoon Neville Roy Singham.

The sanctions target the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, known by its Spanish acronym ICAP, an organization founded by Castro in 1960 to spread Marxist ideology and support for Cuba. Long ago, U.S. officials and intelligence assessments concluded ICAP is a key component of Cuba’s intelligence apparatus.

«For decades, Cuba has been the world capital for radical left-wing terrorism,» Rubio said. «The regime in Havana has recruited, trained and backed violent Marxist and third-worldist movements across our hemisphere and beyond.»

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Earlier this year, ICAP worked with U.S. nonprofits, including the People’s Forum, Progressive International and CodePink — to organize a March «convoy» that included controversial Marxist streamer Hasan Piker landing in Cuba to support Cuba’s communist party.

The trip has since attracted federal scrutiny, with CodePink cofounder Medea Benjamin confirming she received questions from federal officials about the trip, investigating whether she violated sanctions.

Late last month, Fox News Digital published a three-part series, reporting that federal investigators are examining Cuba’s alleged malign foreign influence operation in the U.S., investigating a network of 145 groups with collective revenues of about $1 billion, promoting Cuba’s agenda and communist ideology.

«Today, we are targeting the network that enables and funds Cuba’s subversive and radical operations,» Rubio said.

The groups working closely with ICAP include the People’s Forum, CodePink, BreakThrough News and Tricontinental, funded by Singham, a Marxist tech tycoon living in Shanghai. As reported, Singham has pumped $285 million into nonprofits since 2017 in these nonprofits that have built very close relationships with ICAP and the communist government of Cuba.

Singham is married to CodePink co-founder Jodie Evans.

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ICAP is today led by Fernando González Llort, one of five former Cuban intelligence officers, known as the «Cuban Five,» convicted in the U.S. years ago on espionage-related charges and released after spending time in jail. Critics say ICAP acts as aa gateway for revolutionaries from around the world to get embedded in the propaganda, organizing tactics and strategic goals of the Communist Party of Cuba. ICAP has denied wrongdoing and says it’s a civil society organization.

ICAP was one of five entities that Rubio designated as off-limits under sanctions authorities established by President Donald Trump’s Cuba executive order. The sanctions also target Cuba’s Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (MINFAR), the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR), Minera La Victoria S.A. and the state-run tourism company Amistur Cuba S.A., which has arranged trips to Cuba with U.S. nonprofits in the Singham network.

Experts said the move signals that the Trump administration is focused not only on the Cuban government but also on U.S. institutions that U.S. officials believe help project Cuban influence internationally.

A declassified CIA report from the Cold War era, «Cuba: Castro’s Propaganda Apparatus and Foreign Policy,» described Cuba’s international propaganda and influence activities as a central component of Castro’s foreign policy strategy. The report named ICAP among organizations that act as important instruments for cultivating sympathetic political movements abroad and extending Cuban influence beyond the island.

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One of the most notable examples was the Venceremos Brigade, a Cuba solidarity program established in 1969 that brought generations of American activists to the island through exchanges organized with Cuban authorities and institutions including ICAP.

The program became one of the most visible pipelines connecting American activists to the Cuban revolutionary government.

Today, the Venceremos Brigade operates as a fiscally-sponsored project of People’s Forum.

Lawmakers and federal authorities are examining whether organizations funded by Singham have acted on behalf of foreign interests without properly registering and have helped amplify messaging favorable to the Chinese Communist Party and the Communist Party of Cuba.

Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel (C) listens to Progressive International’s general coordinator, David Adler, during an event at the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) in Havana, on March 21, 2026. A former Cuban intelligence officer who is now president of ICAP, sits to the right of Cuba’s president. (Photo by Ernesto Mastrascusa / POOL / AFP via Getty Images) (Ernesto Mastrascusa/AFP via Getty Images)

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During the recent convoy in March, Progressive International co-founder David Adler appeared alongside Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and ICAP President González at an official event hosted by ICAP.

Years ago, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass participated in Venceremos Brigade trips, a connection that her mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt resurfaced during her campaign. Bass has denied any wrongdoing.

Supporters of such exchanges describe them as educational and humanitarian programs intended to foster international understanding. Critics argue they function as political influence operations designed to build support for the Cuban regime and its ideological objectives.

The Cuban government condemned Rubio’s sanctions shortly after the announcement.

President Miguel Díaz-Canel accused the United States of escalating economic pressure against Cuba and attempting to intensify tensions between the two countries.

Hasan Piker, a Democratic Socialists of America member, and CodePink co-founder Jodie Evans meet in Havana, Cuba, as part of a «United Front» supporting the communist regime. (CodePink via Storyful)

«The Treasury Department has added new names of Cuban leaders, organizations and companies to an illegitimate sanctions list,» Díaz-Canel wrote on social media. «They are aimed at reinforcing the blockade measures and the scenario of conflict between Cuba and the United States.»

Rubio’s warning extended beyond the sanctioned entities.

The action signals that the administration is increasingly focused on the networks, partnerships and influence channels that U.S. officials believe have helped advance Cuban interests abroad long after the Cold War officially ended.

«Anyone providing services to these sanctioned actors is at risk of sanctions themselves,» he said. «Foreign banks and other companies that provide services to these entities should freeze those activities.»

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Fox News Digital’s Reagan Schroeder contributed to this report.

El soldado salvadoreño Hugo Alfredo Ortiz Grivas, integrante del contingente de mantenimiento de la paz de la ONU en Líbano, resultó lesionado tras un ataque armado contra la base donde presta servicio, según informó la Fuerza Armada de El Salvador (FAES). El incidente ocurrió en una instalación de la Fuerza Interina de las Naciones Unidas en Líbano (FINUL) el 4 de junio de 2026, donde se encuentran destacados militares de diferentes países.

De acuerdo con el comunicado oficial, Ortiz Grivas, quien forma parte del XXI contingente salvadoreño, sufrió una herida en la pierna izquierda por el impacto de un proyectil durante el ataque a la base. La Fuerza Armada de El Salvador precisó que el soldado recibió atención médica inmediata y fue intervenido quirúrgicamente en el hospital de campaña. Actualmente, la condición de Ortiz Grivas es estable, según la información oficial.

El ataque no solo afectó a las fuerzas salvadoreñas. Otros dos integrantes de la fuerza internacional de mantenimiento de la paz resultaron heridos: un militar de las Fuerzas Armadas de España y otro de las Fuerzas Armadas de Serbia. El comunicado detalla que el militar serbio falleció posteriormente a causa de las lesiones sufridas.

La presencia de contingentes internacionales en Líbano responde a la misión de la ONU destinada a mantener la estabilidad y apoyar el cese de hostilidades en la región, marcada por tensiones y episodios de violencia esporádicos. La contribución de El Salvador a la FINUL comenzó en abril de 2026 con el despliegue del XXI contingente, que mantiene tareas de patrullaje, resguardo y apoyo logístico en la base de las Naciones Unidas.

La Fuerza Armada de El Salvador subrayó que tras el incidente se activaron los protocolos de emergencia y confirmó que el resto del personal salvadoreño destacado en la misión se encuentra fuera de peligro. “La condición de salud del soldado Ortiz Grivas es estable”, señala el comunicado, que también manifiesta solidaridad con los familiares de los militares afectados y con las fuerzas aliadas que sufrieron bajas en el ataque.

El ataque a la base de la ONU se produce en un contexto de renovadas tensiones en la frontera sur de Líbano, donde se registran esporádicos enfrentamientos entre grupos armados y las fuerzas internacionales. La misión de la FINUL permanece vigilante ante el aumento de la violencia, reforzando las medidas de seguridad para los efectivos desplegados.

La participación de El Salvador en operaciones de paz ha sido reconocida por organismos internacionales y forma parte de la política exterior y de defensa del país. Los contingentes salvadoreños han intervenido en diversos escenarios bajo mandato de la ONU, y su labor ha sido valorada por la comunidad internacional como un aporte a la estabilidad y la protección de civiles en zonas de conflicto.

Hasta el momento, la Fuerza Armada de El Salvador no ha ofrecido detalles adicionales sobre el origen del ataque ni sobre posibles cambios en la misión del contingente salvadoreño. El comunicado oficial cierra reafirmando el compromiso de las autoridades militares de mantener informada a la población sobre la evolución del estado de salud de sus efectivos y la situación en el terreno.