{"id":20350,"date":"2026-02-28T16:47:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T16:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/?p=20350"},"modified":"2026-03-01T15:34:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T15:34:48","slug":"naji-sharifi-zindashti-iranian-in-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/?p=20350","title":{"rendered":"Naji Sharifi Zindashti &#8211; Iranian in spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trump urged Iranians to \u201ctake over your government\u201d when the military strikes are over. Tehran responded by targeting American bases throughout the Middle East. Its a major conflict, and a friend of Iran is an enemy of America. <\/p>\n<table><Tr><\/p>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-28-114457.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\"  \/><\/td>\n<td>Key friend of Iran, and Sami El-Helou, is heroin dealer Naji Sharifi Zindashti.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"U.S. and Israel strike Iran | CBC News Network\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jxP_h3V-Dv8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nIn June 2014 cops confiscated two tons of heroin belonging to brothers Orhan and \u0130lhan Ungan and \u00c7etin Ko\u00e7. Naji Sherifi Zindashti had ratted out his main competition in the heroin trade. Zindashti&#8217;s daughter was killed in a hit meant for him. In 2016 Cetin Ko\u00e7 was hit seven times in the head and twice in the chest by Russian and Austrian weapons equipped with silencers in a well planned hit in Dubai. Ko\u00e7 died instantly, his car still running.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEh7e_h6prwb5gau4XU2lXOZ1SRcUT0Lueeclp8g7MSG1-FpOxdYaJmzi-l-TzFrgWEb2-RUn8M1V9QhaPHIvarG0gyH1PQJ_qYfSPMchkXoTXm9bLAQYDf5yMqsvf4Lm8DZRXJZIh8M4NZxMMDE97rGt8Z0CWeipqkQ_1JIUATlVBc5-Ot10jbOeqB7WbU\/w273-h273\/download%20(1).jpg\" width=\"273\" \/><br \/>\nHit men Harpreet Singh Majhu and Orosman Jr. Garcia-Arevalo fled to the airport and were on a plane back to Canada before Dubai cops fingered them as the killers. Cetin Koc used the identity of a shepherd in Turkey. The real name of the murdered drug lord was Parvis Kashavarz Omarabadi. Sami El-Helou was the taskmaster for the hit, working for Iranian drug lord Naji Sharifi Zindashti. Naji Sharifi Zindashti is a close associate of Sami El-Helou and an important supplier of heroin to the Sinaloa Cartel.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rXENBnnniGE?si=1pJ9bmr3olyDSylt\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nZindashti met with Sami El-Helou a week before the murder. A year was put into it\u2019s planning. The day before the hit, Sami El-Helou met with Harpreet Singh Majhu and Orosman Garcia Arevalo, providing them with weapons, burner phones, and intelligence on Ko\u00e7.  El-Helou arranged the getaway car. He arranged the airport pickup of the assassins in a Rolls-Royce limo, which brought them to where he waited. Payment was in cryptocurrency. The hit was carried out the next day. Initially Gurtaj Singh Sandher was pegged as one of the gunmen.<\/p>\n<p>Hitman Orosman Garcia Aravela was a good friend of Gurtaj Sandher. Sandher was replaced by senior Brothers Keeper gangster Harpreet Majhu because he had not yet proven himself to the Sinaloa Cartel. He remedied that on Oct. 11, 2018 with the Surrey hit of Sumeet Singh Randhawa. On May 11, 2016, a week after Ko\u00e7&#8217;s murder, a farmer found the body of Orosman Garcia Aravela. Harpreet Majhu\u2019s remains were found in a burnt out car in Agassiz on June 10, 2016. The two Canadian killers were eliminated to silence their acquired knowledge. Their ties all led directly to Sami El-Helou.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEjIfbQ2S3-9P1GwNIjM_PC_p0VHFxf3KXvgt8hMzLXYjkeNWuHhLCX8bly4Hidz2nht98ltvoPckrHpsHcilarVcUWqV7xcQvCkmHEktPwxAgveprSbSob8KQmbEijNfWiL49OQ2ueB1DMb174L3SqIHJjE5s0FmMt1V0LhR0hschNmfQiEb6cTI-4de6M=w368-h277\" width=\"300\" \/><\/td>\n<td>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEh6tAsot7OCHXJoVMlsOHK8q5abssFUilKjtPUo4F5pIQoFTz_JV8nZb6qwaEyDyp2F_c04OflWyjmKfHL-0omHhEAXDqQ2x8PkAzXOAe_yi-kM97QQjpujdgPHKDERJyVwgzFRHjYgE7ihfotngtnI-1NOyaGomd8G9WJsvTTgeaMrGLQ7TxT6FWp9Shw=w400-h266\" width=\"350\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiEcLXyhK0GklUgUOAWiKmXRxzIWphsoe0Aq1J1Pg6kaMEzz6ebp-06RkyJF_cPAAGSLb5gb0p8E4eqM5z7doWePbDUcq0RKGO_W6JlsDevBPJ6pLGJ0Pz59tvrP5ZJHgO2NFBhCRUONsK_rSWb7ie-wIVvSZ7zje9WPMteNeJrbDheLl5cYmj_Q_4qDs8\/w271-h345\/harpreet-majhus.png\" width=\"220\" \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"800\"> The Brothers Keepers were ultimately hired by Naji Sharifi Zindashti.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEh1zGKW3sGxxNXCmXmQlpk2UA-E_81JiiWZdFa6GcVaJWpBWQVL-SZr44mobGTnGdf6rlng8BFwHDlGmB6NS8pCUpjk65v95MhBaVwSsBANi94ckAl583yd9KfzMJ4TQceB9ummdqiLX1me3O6W01mE4isEMocuBpCyFFRTU7q9doDV8hIHWS24gbYCS6k\/w302-h298\/GFBkf_7XIAENblU.jpg\" width=\"200\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEivOeXo8E1Gyvj7ILHQVoQS1Wm_f_B5Q-5NHSG8g0MEkaAykDvAptwih5yE1c2plCSdvH51K4-ZILQHrnwErJtngQ6ZPugSOAMI9h8CT-XpFBrE15ifJPzRE0Us7P6vWU5rpSIIn4v7eTlZresLRCwjnYkdh8B-RWDrWFsq9KjWnXtKwPcXMLI9ACCPG3E\/w260-h303\/_132497524_zindashti.png\" width=\"220\" \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>There were rumours Sandher operative Sami El-Helou would be indicted in the U.S., along with Gurtaj Singh Sandher. <\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiVWZkgGFa0giqur0CacV11SDeqZT0mlUJcZ4Eq8fp1iF9JUfLLLyUxuiM000xEPWYKIf87ehrvcif-zjPeIROhdHU0twedVuxJicFmzWD3OyNDGdbVNQAsHPBYclEqkRX3101Z8dL-Y9S0vVVXyvZu5OQ0w9qMYBvlO1fAfNlIM-FIdToQridEy9yc3so\/w250-h385\/Gurtaj%20Singh%20Sandher.png\" width=\"250\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Sandher was pulled in for questioning in the fall of 2025 after the U.S. reopened the investigation into the hit of Cetin Ko\u00e7. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Information flowed after Joaqu\u00edn Guzm\u00e1n L\u00f3pez delivered Sinaloa Cartel boss Ismael Zambada Garc\u00eda &#8216;El Mayo&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"164\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhKsRmIAbEMytLvW-VZS0mjBGkUskHhaO2_2mjRCb-G16afOf99Xc_WlVq7ytXEtcnBIYT3-kqDc_Sz-uE4PSaXEx0xGqrQTq9v56btabp4s4edNnJ1SFJmI-Nzy2PH8a5Q8K2qlyq3jztPIzuREMyJI5eVX-F_FnHTowofEazk6QCCCIG4t6GlRO9H4es\/w292-h164\/ismael-zambada-garcia-and-joaquin-guzman-lopez-.webp\" width=\"292\" \/><\/p>\n<table><Tr><\/p>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"308\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEg-UHUmF4rFmV5py0_LmgGfPPDdUVARS9dqMSaU1zK1X3EqXvJ5VbfFblT4-bWVQYZKXavmeYLKZ_bHUuVOiHCco_TIXXZk_kKTzuPoHQ5lWjqPK5yXsCyVJH0XlB_XzxGZUUCcvjCnp_g-W-GgoJleKhn91oQVgGWyK2T6VBZtX_Q2-OFaZFb6rYhgqeU=w307-h308\" width=\"307\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Zindashti leads &#8220;a network of individuals that targeted Iranian dissidents and opposition activists for assassination at the direction of the Iranian regime.&#8221;  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Zindashti organizes overseas killings on behalf of Iran. He&#8217;s involved in drug, human and weapons trafficking and has deep connections to the Islamic Republic&#8217;s Revolutionary Guards. (IRGC) Zindashti escaped from an Iranian prison and fled to Turkey, where he established a cartel. Zindashti returned to Iran where he leads an opulent, free life. He has worked for Iranian intelligence in various plots.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEh7LtUwlsdvq0jvoeAxLkEv10SnzoN7ZdgBs91J0Vy9MBsAahIVq7pBoQ_ch5KwPH7JlblMTUi7MAEyVNW5KMJ-G1YvCFsslJP3YS8MMJwjoG6wczKpV4KciU_y9XAlVCnuzO6Ol_FBdnmwZfDSjQ7fRIW5lr5un_j1MnHN6BIMemxGRnNe5P1Ug0tNQeM=w400-h225\" width=\"400\" \/><br \/>\nIn December 2022, he was honored by Iran&#8217;s Education Ministry.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/09YpOtXnWaA?si=2Cv1kujQ_tFxY7Ql\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nZindashti attended his mother\u2019s funeral in Northern Iran in September 2020.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEj6mugwIjdL1v4I-BkrBorxKRPwy-5KLBtHOIP_sdEbImwxiMX6G_mDvRAENJqSbx_QJ4RldMADjg1D6gR4RuRNPYA581WHJmi0sFPGd0ouH-lZ-6g71bSUum3Bzis21Cmx_LiMYtxBm2_K4PD53RvqYXjvRrum16QaRLMJYbA6pvRIN-b4WDKweMnfUSY=w238-h358\" width=\"238\" \/><\/td>\n<p><Td>Zindashti&#8217;s network is &#8216;The Friends&#8217; Club&#8217;, and includes senior IRGC officials, members of Iran&#8217;s Supreme National Security Council, managers from Tehran Municipality, and members of parliament. The IRGC&#8217;s control over transit routes gives Zindashti dominance in Iran&#8217;s drug trade.  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump urged Iranians to \u201ctake over your government\u201d when the military strikes are over. Tehran responded by targeting American bases throughout the Middle East. Its a major conflict, and a friend of Iran is an enemy of America. Key friend of Iran, and Sami El-Helou, is heroin dealer Naji Sharifi Zindashti. 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