A man who pleaded guilty to plotting with Iranian intelligence operatives to murder the Saudi ambassador to the United States by hiring Mexican drug cartel assassins to bomb a crowded Washington, D.C., restaurant was sentenced to 25 years in prison yesterday.
Manssor Arbabsiar, 58, an Iranian-born, naturalized U.S. citizen told Southern District Judge John Keenan (See Profile) that he accepted responsibility for the plot while insisting he has "a good heart." Arbabsiar was caught on tape in 2011 responding to a statement from a confidential informant that there could be mass casualties, including the deaths of U.S. senators, from the bombing. "No problem," he answered. "No big deal."
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