Iranian Operative and Two Canadians Charged in Murder-for-Hire Plot Targeting U.S. Residents
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An Iranian man, Naji Sharifi Zindashti, has been charged with orchestrating a plot to kill two Iranian refugees in Maryland by hiring two Canadians, including a member of the Hells Angels. The man is accused of being a drug trafficker and assassin in Iran and used an encrypted messaging app to recruit the killers. The Canadians, Damion Ryan and Adam R. Pearson, agreed to carry out the hits for a $350,000 payment, but the murders were never carried out for reasons that remain unclear.
- U.S. Charges Iranian Man and Two Canadians in Plot to Kill Refugees The New York Times
- Justice Dept indicts 3 in international murder-for-hire plot targeting Iranian dissident living in Maryland CBS News
- 'Erase his head from his torso': US residents allegedly targeted in Iran-linked plot USA TODAY
- Iranian Operative Hired Hells Angels for Assassination in US: DOJ Business Insider
- Man living illegally in MN charged in murder-for-hire plot FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
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