A Pakistani man with ties to Iran has been arrested on suspicion of plotting to assassinate a US official.
Washington:
A Pakistani man with ties to Iran has been arrested on suspicion of plotting to assassinate a U.S. official in retaliation for the U.S. killing of Revolutionary Guards commander Qasem Soleimani, the U.S. Justice Division stated on Tuesday.
Asif Raza Service provider, 46, allegedly tried to rent a hitman to assassinate a politician or a U.S. authorities official in the USA, the division stated in an announcement.
“For years, the Division of Justice has labored aggressively to counter Iran’s brazen and relentless retaliation in opposition to American public officers who killed Iranian Gen. Soleimani,” stated Legal professional Common Merrick Garland.
Soleimani, the planner of Iran’s international army operations, was killed in a US drone assault on Baghdad in January 2020.
“The Division of Justice will work tirelessly to disrupt and maintain accountable those that search to perpetrate lethal plots in opposition to Americans in opposition to Iran,” Garland stated.
The supposed sufferer has not but been recognized, however the lawyer basic stated there is no such thing as a proof linking Service provider to the July 13 assassination of former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.
FBI Director Christopher Vari stated the Pakistani nationwide had “shut ties to Iran” and the alleged murder-for-hire plot was “straight out of the Iranian playbook.”
One other FBI official stated the murderer Service provider allegedly tried to rent was truly an undercover FBI agent.
Service provider was arrested on July 12 for planning to go away the nation.
In August 2022, the USA accused a member of the Revolutionary Guards of conspiring to assassinate former U.S. Nationwide Safety Advisor John Bolton.
The Justice Division stated Shahram Pulsafi, who remains to be at massive, had supplied to pay a person in the USA $300,000 to kill Bolton.
Iran denies claims it plotted to kill Bolton as “fiction.”
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