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The Iranian national, charged by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) on Friday in a murder-for-hire plot to assassinate then-candidate Donald Trump and an American journalist critical of Tehran, was also tasked with targeting Israeli tourists in Sri Lanka, the DoJ said.
The 51-year-old Iranian national Farhad Shakeri, an asset of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), “was tasked with targeting Israeli tourists in Sri Lanka”, the department said.
The plot, which also involved the attempted murder of a U.S. citizen of Iranian origin in New York, has led to the arrest of two men, Carlisle Rivera, 49, of Brooklyn, New York, and Jonathon Loadholt, 36, of Staten Island, New York. Both were charged in a criminal complaint with multiple offenses, including conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire.
Shakeri, believed to be residing in Tehran, allegedly used a network of criminal associates to carry out surveillance and assassination missions against dissidents critical of the Iranian regime. One such target was a U.S. citizen living in New York who has been a vocal critic of the Iranian government. Shakeri, according to investigators, promised Rivera and Loadholt $100,000 for their role in locating and killing the victim.
The charges also reveal that Shakeri was involved in additional plans, including a scheme to kill President-elect Donald Trump and other U.S. and Israeli targets. Shakeri’s instructions to his operatives, including details on surveilling victims and carrying out killings, were uncovered through law enforcement interviews and digital communications.
Shakeri, who had been deported from the U.S. in 2008 after serving prison time for robbery, faces multiple charges, including murder-for-hire and providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization. He remains at large, while Rivera and Loadholt are being held as they await trial, it said.
- https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking...targeting-Israelis-in-Sri-Lanka-US/108-295631
Justice Department Announces Murder-For-Hire and Related Charges Against IRGC Asset and Two Local Operatives
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/just...nd-related-charges-against-irgc-asset-and-two
criminal complaint
- https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1376516/dl
The Iranian national, charged by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) on Friday in a murder-for-hire plot to assassinate then-candidate Donald Trump and an American journalist critical of Tehran, was also tasked with targeting Israeli tourists in Sri Lanka, the DoJ said.
The 51-year-old Iranian national Farhad Shakeri, an asset of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), “was tasked with targeting Israeli tourists in Sri Lanka”, the department said.
The plot, which also involved the attempted murder of a U.S. citizen of Iranian origin in New York, has led to the arrest of two men, Carlisle Rivera, 49, of Brooklyn, New York, and Jonathon Loadholt, 36, of Staten Island, New York. Both were charged in a criminal complaint with multiple offenses, including conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire.
Shakeri, believed to be residing in Tehran, allegedly used a network of criminal associates to carry out surveillance and assassination missions against dissidents critical of the Iranian regime. One such target was a U.S. citizen living in New York who has been a vocal critic of the Iranian government. Shakeri, according to investigators, promised Rivera and Loadholt $100,000 for their role in locating and killing the victim.
The charges also reveal that Shakeri was involved in additional plans, including a scheme to kill President-elect Donald Trump and other U.S. and Israeli targets. Shakeri’s instructions to his operatives, including details on surveilling victims and carrying out killings, were uncovered through law enforcement interviews and digital communications.
Shakeri, who had been deported from the U.S. in 2008 after serving prison time for robbery, faces multiple charges, including murder-for-hire and providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization. He remains at large, while Rivera and Loadholt are being held as they await trial, it said.
- https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking...targeting-Israelis-in-Sri-Lanka-US/108-295631
Justice Department Announces Murder-For-Hire and Related Charges Against IRGC Asset and Two Local Operatives
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/just...nd-related-charges-against-irgc-asset-and-two
criminal complaint
- https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1376516/dl
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