in new york, is accused of working with members of the iranian revolutionary corps to device a murder for hire scheme targeting the saudi arabian ambassador to the united states^. reporter: the complaint mentioned an attempt to assassinate the ambassador, in a restaurant, and it says they would need for people to do it and they needed $1.5 million to do it, and he met in mexico with who he thought was a member of the mexican drug cartel but it was a d.e.a. informant and that is how the feds got to know of the scheme and started tracking him in may. trace: they talked of a lot of detail on this and i want to know how they believe that iran is behind the plot. reporter: the way, what happened, they had the meeting in mexico across from the border
adel al-jubeir. it reads like pages of a hollywood vent but the impact would have been real and many lives would have been lost. reporter: according to the 21-page complaint filed by the f.b.i. in new york, u.s. citizen from corpus christi texas contacted by his cousin, member of iran revolutionary guard corps to plan the assassination. manssor arbabsiar, a naturalized united states citizen holding an iranian passport was arrested last month in new york is accused of working with members of an arm of the iranian revolutionary guard corps to device an international murder for hire scheme, targeting the saudi arabian ambassador to the united states. reporter: the alleged plan was to kill ambassador using explosive device at a restaurant in washington, d.c. the feds became aware of the plot when arbabsiar, the u.s. citizen tried to meet with members of what he thought was the zeta drug cartel in may but instead met a dea informant. also part of the plot according to the u.s. offic