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Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/05/azerbaijan-rabbi-assassination-plot-iran/
Iranian Plot to Kill Rabbi in Azerbaijan Foiled
(Washington Post) Mary Ilyushina - In the fall, an officer from Iran's Quds Force met with Agil Aslanov, a drug trafficker from Georgia. The officer handed Aslanov a photo of Rabbi Shneor Segal in Azerbaijan and detailed instructions on how to kill him. Aslanov agreed to kill Rabbi Segal for $200,000. The plot, foiled by the State Security Service of Azerbaijan in January, also involved a plan to attack an education center. Segal's case is the latest assassination attempt orchestrated by Iran, often using criminal proxies, as part of its escalating campaign against Jewish and Iranian diaspora targets worldwide. This surge in targeted attacks intensified after Oct. 7, 2023. German prosecutors have accused Iran of using criminal proxies to attack synagogues and a school in 2023. In March 2024, police in Peru arrested an Iranian Quds Force member and two local accomplices over a plot to attack an Israeli national.