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Iranians charged with spying on Jews in U.S. raise specter of assassination plots here
[Wash Times] The Justice Department has charged two Iranians with spying on Jewish and opposition groups in the U.S., and the court documents suggest Tehran’s hard-line Islamic regime is hunting for bombing and assassination targets.Ahmadreza Doostdar and Majid Ghorbani were indicted on charges of being illegal agents of a foreign power ‐ Iran. On a wiretap, Mr. Ghorbani, a California resident, is heard singling out an opposing figure for assassination. "M‐‐F needs one, one shot," he said. The charges were filed as President Trump embarked on a get-tough policy toward Iran, which the State Department has designated as the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism. Mr. Trump this spring pulled out of the 2015 international nuclear deal with Tehran negotiated by the Obama administration and has embarked on a campaign to get other countries to join the U.S. in reapplying economic sanctions against Tehran. The Justice Department charging documents say the two men specifically targeted Jewish centers in Chicago as well as an anti-regime opposition rally in New York last year and a convention in Washington this year. Posted by: Besoeker 2018-08-22 |
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