Tehran’s Use of Criminal Proxies in U.S. Assassination Plots Raises Alarm - Iran News Update

Tehran’s Use of Criminal Proxies in U.S. Assassination Plots Raises Alarm - Iran News Update

Report reveals Iranian regime’s shift from elite operatives to street-level criminals for high-risk missions on U.S. soil While U.S. officials have long warned about the threat of Iranian “sleeper cells,” a new report by The New York Times reveals that the Iranian regime is increasingly relying on low-level criminals and untrained intermediaries to carry out high-risk operations inside the United States—including an alleged plot to assassinate f…