Dawud Salahuddin

"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 74)
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, U.S.
Other namesDaoud Salahuddin, Hassan Abdul Rahman, Hassan Abdulrahman, Hassan Tantai
Known forAssassinating 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]

  1. ^ Michael Taylor, "'Kandahar' Actor Accused of Being Assassin: Tantai Said to Have Killed Diplomat", San Francisco Chronicle, January 4, 2002.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Silverman, Ira (July 29, 2002). "An American Terrorist". The New Yorker. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
  4. ^ Isikoff, Michael (2013). "Last man to see Robert Levinson before he vanished denies involvement in disappearance". NBC News. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
  5. ^ Oct 2011 The last alleged Iranian assassination plot on U.S. soil was a success
  6. ^ American Fugitive:The truth about Hassan Archived December 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, InformAction
  7. ^ An American Terrorist: He's an assassin who fled the country. Could he help Washington now?, The New Yorker, August 5, 2002
  8. ^ Robert, Mackey (September 16, 2009). "Just Another American Hit Man, Actor and Journalist Living in Iran". The New York Times. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
  9. ^ "2 Americans believed detained in Iran are not among those coming home". The Washington Post.