Muzzamil Zaidi, a U.S. citizen who resides in Qom, Iran, was charged with acting in the United States as an agent of the government of Iran without first notifying the Attorney General. Zaidi, Asim Naqvi, a U.S. citizen who lives in Houston, Texas, and Ali Chawla, a Pakistani national who lives in Qom, Iran, were all charged with violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.