All cases Saudi ambassador plot
Section 03 Iran's Long Arm
Plot to Kill the Saudi Ambassador in Washington
Prosecutors charged that a naturalized U.S. citizen arranged, with officers in Iran, to hire a cartel hitman to bomb the Saudi ambassador. The hitman was a DEA source.
Iran's Role, in the Government's Words
“a plot directed by elements of the Iranian government”
U.S. Department of Justice Two Men Charged in Alleged Plot to Assassinate Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States,
press release, October 11, 2011, para. 1, justice.gov.
“an Iran-based member of Iran’s Qods Force, which is a special operations unit of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)”
U.S. Department of Justice Two Men Charged in Alleged Plot to Assassinate Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States,
press release, October 11, 2011, para. 3, justice.gov.
People Charged
- Manssor ArbabsiarConvictedsince Oct. 17, 2012 “a 56-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen holding both Iranian and U.S. passports”U.S. Department of Justice, May 30, 2013
- Gholam ShakuriAt largesince Oct. 11, 2011 “an Iran-based member of Iran’s Qods Force”U.S. Department of Justice, Oct. 11, 2011
Targets
- Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States
Private people are described, never named. A target is named only if a public figure who has spoken publicly about the plot.