L.A. man ‘bewildered’ at neighbor’s arrest for trafficking arms for Iranian government

Kian Lajevardi told KTLA that his neighbor, Shamim Mafi, has been a maternal figure to him, often cooking for him and chatting with him about world events, including the war in Iran.   What Lajevardi didn’t know was that Mafi, who lived just a few doors down from him in a Woodland Hills apartment complex, might have been part of an operation that trafficked arms to […]Kian Lajevardi told KTLA that his neighbor, Shamim Mafi, has been a maternal figure to him, often cooking for him and chatting with him about world events, including the war in Iran.   What Lajevardi didn’t know was that Mafi, who lived just a few doors down from him in a Woodland Hills apartment complex, might have been part of an operation that trafficked arms to […]