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- Status
- Wanted
- Agency
- FBI
- Notice
- FBI Wanted
- Issued
- 2023
- Nationality
- Iranian
- Checked
Naji Sharifi Zindashti
The FBI lists Naji Sharifi Zindashti, an Iranian national, on its Wanted list (notice published in 2023). The notice says Zindashti is wanted for: Conspiracy To Use Interstate Commerce Facilities in the Commission of Murder-For-Hire.
He is described as 1.91 m tall, weighing about 113 kg, with brown eyes and gray hair. Born on 31 May 1974 in Urmia, Iran, he would now be 52.
Charges, as published
- Conspiracy To Use Interstate Commerce Facilities in the Commission of Murder-For-Hire
Case details, as published by FBI
Naji Sharifi Zindashti is wanted for his alleged involvement in criminal activities including the attempted murder for hire of two residents of the state of Maryland. From at least December of 2020, and continuing until in or around March of 2021, Zindashti’s Iran-based criminal network associates allegedly used encrypted, Internet-based messaging applications to hire criminal elements within North America to murder two individuals who fled Iran. Zindashti’s criminal network also allegedly provided resources to facilitate the attempted transnational killing of a person within the United States. On December 13, 2023, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Zindashti in the United States District Court, District of Minnesota, after he was charged with Conspiracy To Use Interstate Commerce Facilities in the Commission of Murder-For-Hire.
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