Two Canadians Charged in US Plot to Kill Iranian Defector

Published on January 29, 2024

The U.S. Department of Justice has charged two Canadians and an Iranian in a murder-for-hire plot targeting two people in Maryland. An indictment unsealed today says Naji Sharifi Zindashti, Damion Patrick John Ryan and Adam Richard Pearson conspired to kill the two unnamed people, one of whom was an Iranian defector. Federal prosecutors say Mr. Zindashti, who lives in Iran, was part of a criminal network directed by Tehran that targets Iranian dissidents and activists. The allegations, which have not been proven in court, say the plot was developed between December 2020 and March 2021 on an encrypted messaging service called SkyECC....

Continue reading on website
Other news

Conrad Black: Jordan Peterson’s Case Has Profound Implications for Canadians’ Rights and Freedoms

January 29, 2024
CommentaryIt was my privilege and pleasure to participate with perhaps the most eminent contemporary Canadian, Prof. Jordan Peterson, and the prominent American television and internet commentator, Tucker Carlson, in a spontaneous presentation to a live audience of 8,000 in the principal indoor stadium in Edmonton on Jan. 24.I was ostensibly the moderator, but that consisted in presenting a topic

Challenge to Biden’s Illinois Ballot Eligibility Should Be Dismissed: Hearing Officer

January 29, 2024
A hearing officer assigned to hear a challenge to President Joe Biden’s qualification to appear on the Illinois Democratic presidential primary ballot says the state’s elections board should dismiss the matter.The objection petition, filed by four Illinois voters, argued that President Biden does not qualify for the presidency under the terms of the 14th Amendment.The law disqualifies certain form