USA: Two Iranians charged with plot to kill Saudi envoy

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Two men were charged with hatching conspiracy to murder Saudi ambassador to the United States.

12 October,2011 01:49 am

The media repots quoting federal officials stated that FBI and DEA agents disrupted a plot to commit a significant terrorist act in the United States tied to Iran.It added saying plot included the assassination of the Saudi ambassador Adel Al-Jubeir with a bomb as well as attacking the Saudi and Israeli embassies in Washington, D.C.An American TV also reported while quoting senior US officials that a suspect was trying to solicit members of the Mexican drug cartel in the alleged plot linked to Iranian government.The criminal complaint, unsealed in federal court in New York City, identified the two alleged plotters as Manssor Arbabsiar and Gholam Shakuri. Both are originally from Iran and Arbabsiar is a naturalized U.S. citizen, the complaint said.Saudi Arabias ambassador is Adel Al-Jubeir, who has served in that post since 2007.The indictment is the result of a sting operation conducted by the FBI, sources tell NBC News. The case started when one of the suspects, who lived in Texas, made contact with an undercover DEA informant and asked for assistance from aMexican drug cartel to assassinate the ambassador, the sources said.