US Justice Department charges IRGC captain in murder of US citizen
“The Iranian regime is actively targeting U.S. citizens,” such as Stephen Troell, “living in countries around the world for kidnapping and execution,” the prosecuting attorney said.
Andrew Bernard
(Dec. 20, 2024 / JNS)
The U.S. Department of Justice announced murder charges against an Iranian captain in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Friday for the 2022 murder of a U.S. citizen in Iraq.
Mohammad Reza Nouri, 36, of Iran, is accused of orchestrating the murder of Stephen Troell, a Tennessee native who was working at an English language institute in Baghdad, as a response to the U.S. assassination of IRGC Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani in 2020.
“Nouri is alleged to have gathered intelligence on Troell’s daily routine and whereabouts, procured weapons and vehicles and provided safe harbor to the operatives who carried out the sinister plot to brutally attack Troell in front of his wife,” stated Edward Kim, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.
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