SHAHRAM POURSAFI

Wanted Most Wanted Terrorist

SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS

Photograph taken in 2021

Photograph taken in 2020

Wanted for

Use of Interstate Commerce Facilities in the Commission of Murder for Hire; Providing and Attempting to Provide Material Support to Terrorists

Reward

The Rewards For Justice Program, United States Department of State, is offering a reward of up to $20 million for infor…

Caution

Shahram Poursafi is wanted for his alleged involvement in criminal activities to include material support to terrorism and the attempted murder for hire of former high-ranking United States Government (USG) officials. Iran-based Poursafi is a uniformed member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a designated foreign terrorist organization. He is assessed to have allegedly worked on behalf of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) to hire U.S.-based individuals to murder two former USG officials.

From October 2021 to April 2022, Poursafi allegedly used encrypted messaging applications to hire criminal elements within the United States to murder a former USG official in Washington, D.C. or Maryland in exchange for $300,000. Poursafi allegedly provided material support and resources to facilitate this attempted transnational killing of a person within the United States, which is an act of terrorism.

Description

Sex: Male
Hair: black
Eyes: brown
Age: 50
Date(s) of birth used: September 21, 1976
Place of birth: Iran
Nationality: Iranian

Field offices

Washington, D.C. · DC

Poster files

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Posted Aug 1, 2022 · Updated by the FBI Jul 21, 2026

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