IRGC's Quds Force planned assassination of Israeli in Turkey
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The Quds Force reportedly also planned to assassinate a senior American military general in Germany and a journalist in France, according to the report.
The assassinations were set to be carried out by drug cartels, with the Islamic Republic reportedly willing to pay over a million dollars for the targets.
The planned hits were organized by a member of Quds Force's Unit 840 stationed in Europe, who was paid $150,000 to "prepare for the assassinations" by using his connections to various European drug lords, the report stated.
The Syrian cell, known as Unit 840, is a relatively secretive operational unit that plans terrorist infrastructure outside Iran against western targets and opposition groups, according to the IDF.
Turkish, British, and American reports over the last number of years have accused Iran of using major international crime organizations to help advances its goal abroad, which includes carrying out terrorist plots. According to reports, Iranian intelligence employed the Zindashti cartel, headed by heroin kingpin Naji Sharifi Zindashti, to assassinate or abduct Iranian dissidents living in Turkey since 2015.
In 2020, Turkish police said 13 members connected to Zindashti were arrested on charges of collaboration with the Islamic Republic of Iran's intelligence operations.
Iran had been targeting Israeli citizens, along with US and Israeli senior officials, for a long time, Ali Afshari of Iran International reported, stating assassinations had "always been the Islamic Republic's strategy."
In February, Turkish media reported that Turkish and Israeli intelligence forces foiled an Iranian assassination attempt on the life of Israeli businessman Yair Geller. In October of last year, it was reported that more Israeli businessmen, including Teddy Sagi, were the targets of "Iranian terror" in Cyprus.
IRGC's Quds Force planned assassination of Israeli in Turkey
IRGC's Quds Force planned assassination of Israeli in Turkey
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