New York City Federal Court on Thursday sentenced Manssor Arbasiar, an Iranian-American who plotted the assassination of the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the US, to 25 years in prison. Judge John Keenan said the 25-year custody was the maximum sentence available for the charge of conspiracy and murder-for-hire, adding that the verdict was appropriate, although attorneys had asked for a maximum sentence of 10 years. The 58-year-old real estate and car dealer has been living in the state of Texas since moving to the US in 1977.

Manssor Arbasiar receives 25-year sentence for plotting the assassination of the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the US

Arbasiar was arrested in September, 2011, at J. F. Kennedy international airport for allegedly conspiring with Gholam Sakuri, a wanted high-ranking official in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, to assassinate the ambassador by bombing a restaurant.