Middle East

Iranian Assassin Recruited Hells Angel Members to Murder Defectors in U.S., Feds Say

‘ERASE HIS HEAD’

Tehran targeted two people now living in Maryland, and tasked drug trafficker Naji Ibrahim Sharifi-Zindashti with arranging it, according to the FBI.

Justin Rohrlich
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A parked Harley-Davidson motorcycle with a Hells Angels logo and a fierce-looking skull painted on the gas tank.
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