Some United States senators and congresspeople are also likely to be at the popular bistro. But Soleimani does not care. “They want that guy done, if a hundred go with him, f**k ’em,” Arbabsiar says in a call monitored by the Drug Enforcement Agency. The assassination is thwarted. Soleimani’s plot is discovered by undercover agents of the FBI and DEA. Manssor Arbabsiar is arrested, convicted of attempted murder, and sentenced to twenty-five years in a federal penitentiary. His partner, Quds commander Shakuri, is more fortunate. He is charged in absentia by the United States for his crimes
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