WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 16, 2025: * * * Former FAA Contractor Pleads Guilty to Illegally Acting as an Agent of the Iranian Government Former Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) contractor Abouzar Rahmati, 42, a naturalized U.S. citizen and resident of Great Falls, Virginia, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to act and acting as an agent of the Iranian government in the United States without prior notification to the   more