Case 062: Naji Sharifi Zindashti | Iran's Global Enforcer

In this gripping episode of Fugitive Files, we uncover the chilling story of Naji Sharifi Zindashti — an Iranian national accused of turning political assassination into an international business. Indicted alongside Canadian nationals Damion Ryan, a Hells Angels member, and Adam Pearson, Zindashti is alleged to have orchestrated a $370,000 murder-for-hire plot targeting Iranian defectors in Maryland. Working under the shadow of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security, the team allegedly used encrypted communications to coordinate the killings. But this plot is just one chapter in Zindashti’s far-reaching criminal empire — one that spans major drug trafficking, transnational repression, and a web of kidnappings and murders stretching across multiple countries. Sanctioned by the U.S. and UK, his name has become synonymous with fear, power, and the deadly reach of a regime willing to silence its critics anywhere in the world.This is Fugitive Files. Let’s get into it.