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If confirmed, this is the first time since 1981 that the Iranian regime has targeted a defector on U.S. soil. Iranian dissident Mansoor Osanloo, the exiled former head of the bus driver’s union in Tehran, was savagely attacked on Tuesday, May 1, while traveling on a PATH train into New York City, and left for dead. Multiple assailants sprayed him with a corrosive chemical, then clubbed him in the back of the neck with what appears to have been a tire iron. He lay in a coma for several days and required 17 stitches in his neck. I spoke with...

The Danish government said Tuesday it had interrupted what it said was an assassination plot in the country by Iran and called for the European Union to respond, at a critical moment in relations between Europe and Tehran. Danish authorities this month arrested a Norwegian citizen of Iranian descent for allegedly planning the assassination of the leader of an ethnic Arab separatist group, Denmark’s Security and Intelligence services said. The separatist organization, the Ahvaz Liberation movement, is linked to a group Iran blamed for a terrorist attack on a military parade Sep. 22 that killed 25 people. The group blamed...

Members of Eastern European Organized Crime Group Allegedly Plotted to Murder a U.S. Citizen of Iranian Origin in New York City Who Has Publicly Opposed the Iranian Government A federal court in New York today unsealed murder-for-hire and money laundering charges against three members of an Eastern European criminal organization for plotting the murder of a U.S. citizen who has been targeted by the Government of Iran for speaking out against the regime’s human rights abuses.

Two Canadians planned to conduct assassinations in the U.S. on behalf of Iran's intelligence services, according to allegations in a newly unsealed indictment. The suspects are accused of plotting to shoot a man and woman living in Maryland, one of them a defector from Iran. The charges unsealed Monday by the U.S. Department of Justice include details of the alleged plot, including the sum the would-be killers had charged for the job: $350,000 US. News of the charges emerges at a time of acutely high tension with Iran, as the U.S. threatens retaliation after three U.S. military members were killed...

The FBI is hunting for an alleged Iranian spy who is accused of plotting assassinate former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other American officials. Majid Dastjani Farahani speaks Farasi (sic), French, Spanish and English and frequently travels between Iran and Venezuela, according to an alert Friday by the agency’s Miami field office. The 41-year-old suspected member of Iran’s brutal Ministry of Intelligence and Security had been recruiting “individuals for operations in the U.S., to include lethal targeting of current/former [U.S. government] officials,” the FBI said. The alert came as Iran sought to avenge the 2020 US assassination of Major...

Iran issued a grisly threat against President Trump on Wednesday, broadcasting a picture of the commander-in-chief during the 2024 Butler, Pa., rally assassination attempt — with the words “This time it will not miss the target. The ominous warning was aired on Iranian state-run TV, Agence France-Presse reported. It marks Tehran’s most direct threat yet against Trump, following his repeated threats that the US will strike the country if it continues its brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters.

A group of leading bipartisan senators conducting oversight of homeland security and governmental matters are demanding answers from FBI Director Christopher Wray and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas after an alleged Iranian agent was charged by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for orchestrating a scheme to assassinate a politician or U.S. official — potentially former President Trump. Pakistani national Asif Merchant was charged with seeking to carry out a murder-for-hire, the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York said earlier this month. "This dangerous murder-for-hire plot exposed in today’s charges allegedly was...

The FBI is claiming to have foiled a sophisticated Iran-sponsored terror plot, in which a Pakistani was attempting to hire hitmen to carry out political assassinations on U.S. soil. But the court records show that the “hitmen” were, in fact, undercover FBI agents. The case looks similar to the supposed 2022 Iran plot to kill former national security adviser John Bolton. In that case, the FBI claimed that a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps–Qods Force tried assassinating Bolton—but the Iranian was never confirmed to be an IRGC-QF member, and the “assassin” he was trying to hire was an...

Conservative podcaster Steven Crowder has obtained leaked internal documents from the Utah County Sheriff’s Office regarding suspected Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson. The latest leak comes one day after Crowder announced that his company has been subpoenaed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) over another leak about the case. The document, a probable cause statement, details the arrest of 22-year-old Robinson, as well as the evidence against him, including engraved anti-fascist messages on bullet casings, a family member’s confession tip, and Discord messages about hiding the weapon. According to the Probable Cause Statement signed by Detective...

“In an interview on the Shawn Ryan Show, Brian Harpole, Charlie Kirk’s head of security, publicly revealed text messages with Utah Valley University Police Chief Jeff Long in which they discussed the rooftop vulnerabilities and the chief vowed, “I got you covered.” The exchange took place in the days leading up to Kirk’s September 10 speaking event at UVU, where the Turning Point USA founder was fatally shot by a gunman who is said to have fired from a rooftop position.”

Conservative activist Cam Higby was attacked outside Washington’s Union Station this week while attempting to engage in peaceful political discussions. The incident comes as Higby launches his “Fearless Tour,” an effort he says that is inspired by the late Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated while engaging in similar dialogue. In the viral clip, a woman is first seen kneeling beside Higby, reaching for his MAGA hat. As Higby repeats, “Stop, stop, stop,” the woman, identified as Taylor Forte, grew more aggressive, standing up and trying to rip the hat from his head before knocking him over in his chair. Higby...

Jurors on Tuesday delivered a guilty verdict for Ryan Routh on all charges after he attempted to assassinate then-presidential candidate Donald Trump at his West Palm Beach golf club last September. After the verdict was read, Routh reportedly appeared to try to stab himself in the neck with a pen before four U.S. Marshals restrained him. His daughter, Sara Routh, reportedly stood up and said: "Don’t do anything. I will get you out. What the f---, f---, he didn’t hurt anybody. This is not fair. This is all rigged – you guys are a--holes." The jury was still in the...

@FBIDirectorKash As the Director of the FBI, I am committed to ensuring the investigation into Charlie Kirk’s assassination is thorough and exhaustive, pursuing every lead to its conclusion. The full weight of America’s law enforcement agencies are actively following the evidence that has emerged, but our efforts extend beyond initial findings. We are examining every facet of this assassination. We are meticulously investigating theories and questions, including the location from where the shot was taken, the possibility of accomplices, the text message confession and related conversations, Discord chats, the angle of the shot and bullet impact, how the weapon was...

Shortly after Tyler Robinson was turned over to authorities, it was reported that he threatened his father that he would kill himself. Now, it has been confirmed that he is on suicide watch in the jail’s Special Housing Unit. Take a look: VIDEOS AT LINK...................... On Sunday, the Utah County Sheriff stated that Tyler Robinson will continue to be on “special watch” for at least several more days. CBS News reported: The suspect in the assassination of Charlie Kirk is under special watch in a Utah jail, days after he allegedly shot and killed the 31-year-old conservative activist. “Tyler Robinson...

George Zinn, the first suspect detained after Charlie Kirk was assassinated, was hit with four counts related to child porn charges. Zinn was immediately cuffed and taken into custody after TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk was assassinated at the “American Comeback Tour” event at Utah Valley University last Wednesday. According to reports, George Zinn falsely told police he shot Charlie Kirk. He was charged with obstruction of justice. Zinn was taken to a local hospital after complaining about chest pains, and that is when law enforcement went through his phone. Authorities discovered the child porn on Zinn’s phone. Zinn told law...

George Zinn is arrested shortly after Charlie Kirk was shot during Turning Point’s visit to Utah Valley University in Orem on Wednesday. Zinn, 71, of Salt Lake City, was booked into Utah County Jail on Monday for investigation of obstruction of justice. (Tess Crowley, Deseret News) ==================================================================================== KEY TAKEAWAYS George Hodgson Zinn, 71, was arrested for investigation of obstruction of justice in the Charlie Kirk murder investigation. Police say Zinn claimed to shoot Kirk to divert attention from the actual shooter. Zinn was also arrested for investigation of sexual exploitation of a minor in a separate investigation. ==================================================================================== OREM —...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating social media posts by at least seven different accounts that appeared to indicate foreknowledge of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, according to three people familiar with the investigation and screenshots obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. The posts—one of which referenced the date of Kirk’s assassination, September 10, more than a month before it took place—were all deleted in the days following the killing. Several of the accounts appear to belong to transgender individuals, and at least one of them followed suspect Tyler Robinson's roommate, with whom Robinson was allegedly in a relationship,...

The guy on the right photo sure looks like the fellow the FBi is trying to find. The man on the left could be his uncle or brother or something, a friend perhaps? The article is behind a paywall and I’m not gonna give daily mail two dollars.

Ammunition found in the rifle believed to have been used in the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk was reportedly engraved with slogans linked to transgender and antifascist ideology. Newsmax could not independently verify the claims from reported Justice Department emails. The FBI declined respond, when reached for comment. A DOJ source told Newsmax on background, because they were not authorized to speak to this aspect of the investigation, the evidence uncovered will be released when the administration deems it appropriate to do so. Because the investigation is active and the shooter remains at large, any information on the...

Now, you'll note immediately the key word that Trump just used there, a key term that opens up all kinds of legal possibilities for Trump to crush the left. What did he call what the left is doing? This murderous violence. What word did he use? You heard it. Terrorism. Declaring what the left is doing in our nation terrorism is absolutely essential for Trump to use all means necessary to eradicate it. And that is exactly what he just declared there. He said, "My administration will find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity and...