Post by Scumhunter on Oct 23, 2024 14:55:23 GMT -5
(Above: Bazghandi. Photo Credit: fbi.gov website)
Fugitive Profile for Ruhollah Bazghandi as of October 23rd, 2024: (Based on fbi.gov website profile)
Alias: Roohollah Azimi
Date(s) of Birth Used March 7, 1981, September 20, 1981
Place of Birth Sabzevar, Iran
Hair Gray
Eyes Brown
Sex Male
Nationality Iranian
Languages Farsi
Remarks: Bazghandi has ties to Iran, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq.
(Above: Forouzan, circa 2024. Photo Credit: fbi.gov website)
Fugitive Profile for Seyed Mohammad Forouzan as of October 23rd, 2024: (Based on fbi.gov website profile)
Date(s) of Birth Used June 26, 1989
Place of Birth Ardabil, Iran
Hair Brown
Eyes Brown
Sex Male
Nationality Iranian
Languages Farsi, Azeri, Russian
Remarks: Forouzan has ties to Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan, and Turkey.
From the fbi.gov website:
Alias:
Roohollah Azimi
Date(s) of Birth Used March 7, 1981, September 20, 1981
Place of Birth Sabzevar, Iran
Hair Gray
Eyes Brown
Sex Male
Nationality Iranian
Languages Farsi
Remarks:
Bazghandi has ties to Iran, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq.
Caution:
Ruhollah Bazghandi and Seyed Mohammad Forouzan, along with additional co-conspirators Hossein Sedighi and an individual known only as "Haj Taher", are wanted on charges of Murder-For-Hire, Conspiracy to Commit Murder-for-Hire, and Conspiracy to Violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. These charges relate to the alleged actions by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to target Iranian dissidents. The regime views these dissidents as enemies of the state because of their criticism of the regime’s human rights violations and their outspoken rhetoric against the Iranian Government.
On July 28, 2022, a member of an Eastern European criminal organization, was arrested with a loaded AK-47 style assault rifle and 66 rounds of ammunition near a prominent Iranian dissident’s home in Brooklyn, New York. High-ranking members in the Eastern European criminal organization allegedly tasked the arrested individual to murder the prominent Iranian dissident. Bazghandi, Forouzan, and the other two men allegedly directed the murder-for-hire plot that resulted in the arrest. Bazghandi is a Brigadier General in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and served as a prior chief in an IRGC-IO Counterintelligence unit during the murder-for-hire plot. The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated Bazghandi twice for his alleged role in lethal targeting and assassination plots against enemies of Iran. Bazghandi is alleged to have been in communication with the murder-for-hire network and allegedly monitored the victim and the effort to murder the victim.
In October of 2024, Bazghandi, Forouzan, and the other two men were indicted in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, New York, New York, on the charges listed above and federal warrants were issued for their arrests on October 17, 2024.
www.fbi.gov/wanted/counterintelligence/ruhollah-bazghandi
www.fbi.gov/wanted/counterintelligence/seyed-mohammad-forouzan
News article on case: abcnews.go.com/US/iran-guardsman-charged-alleged-plot-kill-new-york-iranian-journalist/story?id=115029805
Thoughts? As of today’s posting date (October 23rd, 2024), Bazghandi and Forouzan are still listed in the counterintelligence section of the FBI website as wanted fugitives. Also this case is being placed in the national media fugitives section due to it making national news specifically because one of the alleged targets was a New York-based Iranian journalist named Masih Alinejad.
Admin Note #1: According to the fbi.gov website, anyone having information on either Bazghandi or Forouzan should contact their local FBI office and/or nearest American Embassy or Consulate
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