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- Status
- Wanted
- Agency
- FBI
- Notice
- FBI Wanted
- Issued
- 2022
- Nationality
- Iranian
- Checked
Shahram Poursafi
Shahram Poursafi, an Iranian national, is wanted by the FBI, which published this notice in 2022. He is wanted in connection with charges that include murder and terrorism. The Rewards For Justice Program, United States Department of State, is offering a reward of up to $20 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Shahram Poursafi.
He is described as having brown eyes and black hair. Born on 21 September 1976 in Iran, he would now be 50.
Charges, as published
- Use of Interstate Commerce Facilities in the Commission of Murder for Hire
- Providing and Attempting to Provide Material Support to Terrorists
Reward
The Rewards For Justice Program, United States Department of State, is offering a reward of up to $20 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Shahram Poursafi.
Case details, as published by FBI
Shahram Poursafi is wanted for his alleged involvement in criminal activities to include material support to terrorism and the attempted murder for hire of a former high-ranking United States Government (USG) official. From October 2021 to April 2022, Iran-based Poursafi allegedly used encrypted, Internet-based messaging applications to hire criminal elements within the United States to murder a former USG official in Washington D.C. or Maryland, in exchange for $300,000 USD. Poursafi allegedly provided material support and resources to facilitate the attempted transnational killing of a person within the United States, an act of terrorism. Poursafi is a uniformed member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a designated foreign terrorist organization, and is assessed to allegedly be working on behalf of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps - Qods Force (IRGC- QF) to hire US-based individuals to murder a former USG official.
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