(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - June 18, 2010: An Iranian national has pleaded guilty to charges of attempting to illegally export US fighter jet parts toIran, which he purchased from a US undercover agent, the Department of Justice has said.Omid Khalili was charged in January along with a co-conspirator still at large identified only as Masun. He was arrested in March on arrival in Miami -- presumably from Iran -- and pleaded guilty in a US District Court in Alabama.For his nine-count indictment on conspiracy, money laundering, smuggling and violations of US laws banning sensitive exports to Iran, Khalili faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a one million dollar fine if convicted, the Justice Department said.
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