Mansour Arbabsiar had Iranian military ties, business in Mexico
(NEWSER) - Iranians trying to recruit Mexican drug cartels to kill the Saudi ambassador? The terror plot US authorities say has been foiled sounds far-fetched, but it appears less so after a look at the man in the middle of it, the Washington Post finds. Mansour Arbabsiar, a 56-year-old Iranian American, had close ties to the elite Iranian Revolutionary Guard unit accused of carrying out attacks abroad, and lived in Texas and frequently did business across the border in Mexico. More»
