CEO Accused of Helping Iran, Democrat's Al Qaeda Past Resurfaces | 6/4/26 FIRST LOOK
The Rubin Report
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🗓️ 4 June 2026
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" gives a first look to the stories you need to know to start your day including the shocking arrest of Newport Beach tech CEO Jamshid Ghomi, who is accused of secretly helping Iran's nuclear and military programs obtain sensitive American technology while laundering millions of dollars into the United States and building a $35 million California mansion; growing scrutiny of New Jersey Democratic congressional nominee Adam Hamawy over past ties to the Benevolence International Foundation, an organization later linked to Al-Qaeda, as well as his calls to abolish ICE; and President Trump preparing to attend the New York Knicks' first NBA Finals home game since 1999 against the San Antonio Spurs, potentially becoming the first sitting U.S. president ever to attend an NBA Finals game, and much more.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody, I'm Dave Rubin, and this is First Look. |
| 0:06.6 | It's Thursday, June 4th, 2026. |
| 0:09.9 | We've got a packed show for you today. |
| 0:12.5 | A California tech CEO living in a $35 million mansion is accused of secretly helping Iran's nuclear and military programs while laundering |
| 0:22.6 | millions of dollars into the United States. New Jersey Democrats nominate a congressional |
| 0:28.1 | candidate with past ties to an al-Qaeda-linked organization and a campaign built around |
| 0:34.5 | abolishing ice. President Trump is expected to attend the New York |
| 0:38.9 | Knicks' first NBA finals home game in nearly three decades, potentially making history |
| 0:45.5 | in the process. Let's dive in. We start with a story that sounds like something straight |
| 0:50.1 | out of a spy thriller. Federal authorities have arrested Jamshid Gomi, a 63-year-old |
| 0:56.2 | dual U.S. Iranian citizen and California Tech Executive, accusing him of secretly helping |
| 1:02.7 | Iran's nuclear and military establishment obtain sensitive American technology while |
| 1:08.6 | living a lavish lifestyle in Southern California. |
| 1:11.6 | According to the Department of Justice, Gomi spent years procuring sophisticated |
| 1:16.6 | U.S.-made networking, security, and encryption equipment, and funneling it to some of the |
| 1:22.6 | most sensitive entities inside the Iranian regime. |
| 1:26.6 | Those entities included Iran's atomic energy organization, |
| 1:30.3 | Iran's Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces Logistics Ministry, and other sanctioned organizations |
| 1:38.3 | connected to Iran's nuclear program. Prosecutors say the scheme operated for nearly a decade. According to court filings, |
| 1:46.3 | Gomi used his Tehran-based technology company, Faraz-Pardaz-Ryanay, to acquire American-made technology |
| 1:54.2 | and route it through intermediaries in the United Arab Emirates before it ultimately reached Iran. |
| 2:00.4 | And this wasn't some small operation. |
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