Inside glamorous arms dealer’s secret spy trips — and the booming jet-set lifestyle she masterminded

Maria Simulescu

An Iranian woman accused of running a global weapons pipeline for the regime had been living in the high life in California for a decade – while traveling the world doing illegal arms deals for Tehran. Shamim Mafi, 44, is accused of orchestrating a sanctions-busting arms operation from her humble Woodland Hills town house in Los Angeles County, brokering drones, bombs and massive weapons deals at the behest of Iran’s regime. Federal investigators say Mafi maintained deep, long-standing ties to