Mansour Arbabsiar

MUGSHOT: Manssor Arbabsiar, Arrested In Plot To Kill Saudi Ambassador

Ryan J. Reilly | November 3, 2011, 4:45PM

TPM has obtained the mugshot the U.S. Marshal's Service took of Manssor Arbabsiar, the Iranian-American car dealer from Texas accused of trying to hire a man he thought was affiliated with a Mexican drug cartel to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States.

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Topics: FBI, Iran, Mansour Arbabsiar, Manssor Arbabsiar, US-Iran Relations

Manssor Arbabsiar

Friends Say Used Car Dealer Was Too Much Of A Mess To Pull Off Iranian Plot

Ryan J. Reilly | October 13, 2011, 6:00AM

Friends of Manssor Arbabsiar, the man accused of trying to get a man he thought was affiliated with a Mexican drug cartel to arrange for the killing of the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the U.S., aren't exactly painting a picture of a criminal mastermind. In fact, they're saying he's not straight out.

"He's no mastermind," David Tomscha, who once owned a used car lot with Arbabsiar, told the Associated Press. "I can't imagine him thinking up a plan like that. I mean, he didn't seem all that political. He was more of a businessman."

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Topics: Iran, Mansour Arbabsiar, Manssor Arbabsiar, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Terror Plot, Terrorism, U.S.-Mexico Border