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Jamshid Hashemi was one of the Hashemi brothers, an Iran living in the USA. He was involved in secret arms sales and negotiations concerning the USA hostages in Tehran.1

Jamshid Hashemi and his brothers made money selling small quantities of military equipment to Iran. He was later indicted under the Arms Export Control Act for illegal arms sales to Iran, but escaped the USA before apprehension. He subsequently agreed to become an informant for United States Customs Service against the Iran exile community.1

Footnotes

  1. Ben-Menashe, Ari. Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network. TrineDay, 1992. (Hereafter, "Profits of War") ↩︎