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Alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Saudi ambassador to US – timeline
Key dates in alleged plot to kill Adel al-Jubeir, as described in court papers filed by the US justice department
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/…US authorities said they have charged two men linked to the Iranian government with plotting to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in the US.
Following are some key dates in the alleged plot, as described by court papers filed in New York and by US justice department officials at a news conference in Washington.
24 May One Iranian, Manssor Arbabsiar, meets in Mexico with a person posing as an associate of a drug trafficking cartel, but who in realty is an informant for the US Drug Enforcement Administration.
Arbabsiar asks about the informant's knowledge of explosives and explained he was interested in attacking a Saudi embassy.
2 June Arbabsiar returns to Mexico and holds more meetings with the informant in late June and early July. Arbasiar allegedly says his associates in Iran have discussed a number of "violent missions" including the murder of the Saudi ambassador to Washington, Adel al-Jubeir.
14 July The informant allegedly tells Arbabsiar that $1.5m is his price for carrying out the assassination, which he says he will use four men to carry out.
17 July The informant allegedly tells Arbabsiar one of his men has already carried out surveillance in Washington on the ambassador. They allegedly discuss bombing a restaurant the ambassador frequently dined at.
When the informant says others, including US senators who dined at the restaurant could be killed in the attack, Arbabsiar allegedly dismisses the concerns as "no big deal".
1-2 August Arbabsiar, with the approval of his co-defendant, Gholam Shakuri, allegedly send two wire transfers totalling $100,000 as a down payment for the hit.
28 September Arbabsiar flies to Mexico, but is denied entry and is placed on a return flight. The next day, during a flight layover, he is arrested by federal agents at JFK airport in New York.
4-5 October Arbabsiar makes phone calls – monitored by US law enforcement agents – to Shakuri, who is described as a member of the Quds force, a special unit of Iran's Revolutionary Guards. He is believed to be based in Iran.
Shakuri allegedly confirms to Arbabsiar that the plot should move forward as quickly as possible, stating: "Just do it quickly, it's late."
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