"Hassan Abdulrahman" redirects here. For the soccer player, see Hassan Abdulrahman (footballer).
Dawud Salahuddin
Born
David Theodore Belfield
(1950-11-10) November 10, 1950 (age 73)
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, U.S.
Other names
Daoud Salahuddin, Hassan Abdul Rahman, Hassan Abdulrahman, Hassan Tantai
Known for
Assassinating Ali Akbar Tabatabaei
Dawud Salahuddin (born 1950; sometimes spelled Daoud Salahuddin,[1] also known as Hassan Abdulrahman, Hassan Tantai)[2] is an American-born Iranian international terrorist,[3] and had later worked for the military, as well as in education, as a web designer,[4] film and television. He converted to Islam in 1980 and killed Ali Akbar Tabatabai the same year at his home in Bethesda, Maryland; Tabatabai was an Iranian dissident and critic of Ruhollah Khomeini.[5] Salahuddin is in exile in the Islamic Republic of Iran.[6][7][8]
Salahuddin is the last person known to have seen Robert Levinson, an FBI agent who has been missing since 2007.[9]
^Michael Taylor, "'Kandahar' Actor Accused of Being Assassin: Tantai Said to Have Killed Diplomat", San Francisco Chronicle, January 4, 2002.
^Benjamin Nugent. With reporting by Azadeh Moaveni/Tehran (December 19, 2001). "A Killer in "Kandahar?"". Time. Archived from the original on February 8, 2002. Retrieved November 21, 2008.
^Silverman, Ira (July 29, 2002). "An American Terrorist". The New Yorker. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
^Isikoff, Michael (2013). "Last man to see Robert Levinson before he vanished denies involvement in disappearance". NBC News. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
^Oct 2011 The last alleged Iranian assassination plot on U.S. soil was a success
^American Fugitive:The truth about Hassan Archived December 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, InformAction
^An American Terrorist: He's an assassin who fled the country. Could he help Washington now?, The New Yorker, August 5, 2002
^Robert, Mackey (September 16, 2009). "Just Another American Hit Man, Actor and Journalist Living in Iran". The New York Times. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
^"2 Americans believed detained in Iran are not among those coming home". The Washington Post.
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