ITV News can reveal a $200,000 assassination plot commissioned by associates of the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.
ITV News can reveal the assassination plot commissioned by associates of the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, as ITV News' Global Security Editor Rohit Kachroo reports
But over the course of a month, as their ambitions and anxieties grew, their plans had to change, and instead orders were sent to “simply stab using a kitchen knife.”Fardad Farahzad in the studios of Persian language news channel Iran International.The smuggler-turned double-agent - who we are calling Ismail - shared details with ITV News about the plot. Multiple officials have verified his account.
Panic set in among members when reconnaissance trips found many security guards were protecting the studios. They decided to attack the targets inside their homes instead. Iran International, which aims to be an impartial source of news, was targeted because the spies believed its presenters were causing the state “a lot of humiliation in the media,” Ismail said.
“Hearing it firsthand makes it more real. It’s shocking to see people who are casually talking about harming me” he said after viewing the evidence obtained by ITV News. Kanafani sent Ismail screengrabs of the two anchors’ Instagram profiles, instructing him to find a way to kill them. He followed up later with telephone calls.
In recordings of the conversation, which have been reviewed by ITV News, Kanafani sent his “recruit” the logo of Iran International to help him identify its offices on the busy industrial park, where many other companies are based. He told Ismail: “… give me a notice about when it’s going to happen … but you told me it will take two or three days to act.”
Scotland Yard stepped in shortly afterwards and warned Iran International about threats to some staff, then the channel went public. "You will achieve that by either attacking the physical building or rendering it impossible to broadcast or you'll send a message by removing key executives or in this case two lead presenters from the equation.
According to Ismail, Kanafani told him: “We can pave the way for you to live well and move easily from Syria to Iran without the need for passports or documentation. I will send a ship to take you to Syria, and from there to Iran, so you can board a plane and pass through airports without having to present documentation.”
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