"Prior to the kidnapping plot, the gov't f Iran attempted to lure Victim-1 to a 3rd country in order to capture Victim-1 for rendition to Iran. In appr. 2018, Iranian gov't officials attempted to induce relatives of V-1, who reside in Iran, to invite V-1 to travel to a 3rd cntry
https://twitter.com/DOJNatSec/status/1415064351468367876
"On multiple occasions in 2020 & 2021,...Farahani and his network procured the services of private investigators to surveil, photograph and video record Victim-1 & V-1's household members in Brooklyn.... As part of kidnapping plot, the Farahani-led intel network also researched
"methods of transporting V-1 out of the US for rendition to Iran. Sadeghi, for ex., researched a service offering military-style speedboats for self-operated maritime evacuation out of New York City, & maritime travel from New York to Venezuela...
"Khazein researched travel routes from Victim-1’s residence to a waterfront neighborhood in Brooklyn; the location of Victim-1’s residence relative to Venezuela; and the location of Victim-1’s residence relative to Tehran."
Only 1 of the 4 Iranians indicted in connection with the alleged plot resides in US. Niloufar "Nellie" Bahadorifar was indicted for facilitating payments by the alleged plotters. She was reportedly released on pre-trial bond Jul 2. innercitypress.com/sdny86abramsir… leagle.com/decision/infdc…
see also the FBI wanted posters. If one doubts they ever planned to travel to US, still, it seems the info could complicate their potential travel to UAE, and other third countries etc.
https://twitter.com/sdnynews/status/1415066345029373956?s=21
correcting above, should be only one of the *five indicted in alleged plot resides in US justice.gov/usao-sdny/pres…
One wonders if the private investigator in NY remotely hired by 1 of the alleged plotters under false pretenses of finding a missing person who skipped out on a debt was not becoming suspicious of the insistent requests for more specific surveillance justice.gov/usao-sdny/pres… 
Indictment also says the same Iranian intel linked network hired private investigators to surveil three targets in Canada, and another to surveil a UK based Iranian expatriate journalist and broadcaster justice.gov/usao-sdny/pres…
“the Intelligence Ministry regularly sends officers to pay visits to my elderly parents. At one point they offered to arrange a ‘family reunion’ in Turkey. I can only imagine what they had in mind for me.” Alinejad in 2018 on intimidation of her family nytimes.com/2018/07/31/opi…
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