This 1993 image provided by the Nueces County Sheriff's Office shows Manssor Arbabsiar. The Obama administration on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011 accused agents of the Iranian government of being involved in a plan to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the thwarted plot would further isolate Tehran. (AP Photo/Nueces County Sheriff's Office)
A five-count indictment against Manssor Arbabsiar (ahr-BAHB’-see-ahr) was returned last week in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.
The charges are the same as those contained in an Oct. 11 criminal complaint.
Authorities say the 56-year-old U.S. citizen with an Iranian passport has admitted his role in a $1.5 million plot to kill the ambassador at a restaurant by setting off explosives.
President Barack Obama’s administration has accused agents of the Iranian government of being involved in the plot.
The press attache at Iran’s mission to the United Nations has called the accusation “baseless.”
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