of shakuri who was based in iran, arbabsiar allegedly went forward with that plan and wired a down payment of $100,000. well, then in september when they were trying to put that plan into works, arbabsiar flew to mexico. the country did not allow him in. he had to return to where he came from. when he tried to get on his connecting flight in new york at jfk airport, he was arrested by authorities there. let s hear from u.s. attorney general eric holder. the complaint alleges that this conspiracy was conceived, was sponsored and was directed from iran. and constitutes a flagrant violation of u.s. and international law including a convention that explicitly protects diplomats from being harmed. in addition to holding these individual conspirators accountable for their alleged role in this plot, the united states is committed to holding iran accountable for its actions. reporter: now, the embassy has released a statement this afternoon saying, quote, the royal embassy of sau
total of $100,000 to be wired to this informant. and the informant had told him that it would cost $1.5 million to carry out this assassination plot. finally, arbabsiar was arrested at kennedy airport september 29th. within four hours of being given his miranda warning the government says he began to cooperate and told all. saying that he had talked with members of the iranian revolutionary guard about this and that they kept demanding that he take some action. so for all these reasons, the attorney general said today that this was an act that originated with officials in iran. here s how he said it. the complaint alleges that this conspiracy was conceived, was sponsored and was directed from iran. and constitutes a flagrant violation of u.s. and international law including a convention that explicitly protects diplomats from being harmed. reporter: now, the iranian government has denied any involvement here. but this afternoon p treasury department went further than the