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SEYED YAHYA HOSSEINY PANJAKI

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Description

Sex
Male
Hair
brown
Eyes
brown
Age
51
Date(s) of birth used
January 23, 1975
Place of birth
Iran
Nationality
Iranian
Occupation
Iranian Intelligence Officer

Field offices

El Paso · TX

Details

Seyed Yahya is wanted for questioning in connection with alleged worldwide lethal plots and terror activity using intelligence networks, operational networks, and cyber capabilities, including via cooperation between the MOIS and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

The Directorate for Internal Security is responsible for operating the Naji Sharifi Zindashti (https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/counterintelligence/naji-sharifi-zindashti) criminal network and their associates as they targeted United States-based Iranian dissidents from at least December 2020, until or around March of 2021. Seyed Yahya is the superior of Iranian Intelligence Officer Reza Hamidi Ravari (https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorinfo/reza-hamidi-ravari), who is also wanted for questioning.

Remarks

Seyed Yahya Hosseiny Panjaki, aka Seyed Yahya Hamidi, is an Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) officer who heads the Directorate for Internal Security and serves as Deputy Minister of Intelligence for Israel affairs.

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Posted Nov 5, 2024 · Updated by the FBI Mar 14, 2026

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