Iranian Plot to Assassinate Chabad Rabbi in Azerbaijan Foiled, Authorities Say

Iranian Plot to Assassinate Chabad Rabbi in Azerbaijan Foiled, Authorities Say

Baku, Azerbaijan – A high-level assassination plot targeting a Jewish religious leader in Azerbaijan was foiled earlier this year, in what security officials describe as part of an escalating campaign by Iran to target Jewish and dissident figures around the world. The intended target was Rabbi Shneor Segal, a prominent religious leader in Baku. According […]

Report: Iranian plot to assassinate Azerbaijani rabbi foiled

The plot to murder Rabbi Shneor Segal, foiled by the State Security Service of Azerbaijan in early January, also involved a plan to attack a Jewish education center, officials said. By i24 News and Algemeiner Staff Iran enlisted the services of a Georgian drug trafficker to assassinate a prominent Azerbaijani rabbi, The Washington Post reported Saturday, citing security officials. The plot to murder Rabbi Shneor Segal, foiled by the State Securi…

Azerbaijani security thwarted attempt to assassinate local rabbi

IRGC paid $200,000 to drug trafficker in exchange for the assassination of Azerbaijan's Rabbi Shneur Segal.

Report: Iranian Plot to Assassinate Azerbaijani Rabbi Foiled

The Azerbaijani capital of Baku. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. i24 News – Iran enlisted the services of a Georgian drug trafficker to carry out an assassination of a prominent Azerbaijani rabbi, the Washington Post reported Saturday, citing security officials. The plot to murder Rabbi Shneor Segal, foiled by the State Security Service of Azerbaijan in early January, also involved a plan to attack a Jewish education center, the officials said. The pl…

Iran linked to foiled assassination plot against Jewish rabbi in Azerbaijan, report

Azerbaijani security forces foil Iranian Quds Force plot to assassinate Rabbi Shneor Segal via criminal proxies recruited inside the country

Iran funded an assassination attempt against Azerbaijan Jewish leader

IRGC officials met with known drug trafficker Agil Aslanov last fall, the Washington Post reported on Saturday. The officials gave Aslanov a photo of the rabbi and instructions on the killing.