Two Plead Guilty In Iranian Case

{Louisville, Kentucky}…Hamid Asefi, a 68 year old Iranian citizen, and 53 year old Behzad "Tony" Karimian, a U.S. citizen living in Louisville who holds an Iranian passport and has worked as a Mesaba Airlines pilot, pleaded guilty Monday in a court in Louisville to a plot aimed at illegally shipping aircraft and aircraft parts to Iran in 2009 and 2010 for civilian use. The indictment says the two violated an embargo against Iran. Federal authorities say both men face up to 40 years in prison and fines of $500,000.