glendo glendora, california, is not the type of town you'd expect paid assassins plotting internationalillings ordered by a totalitarian regime. but according to this diplomatic cable, published by wikileaks, that is exactly what happened here, a conclusion supported by glendora's police department. would-be killers, a mastermind and a hired hit man, holed up for four days in a low-budget motel, plotting, stalking, and on the verge of carrying out their elaborate plot. it was july 28th, 2009, the morning the murder was to take place. but the hit man got cold feet, and instead pulled into this gas station, picked up his cell phone, and dialed 911. and an international assassination plot unraveled. >> this person went on to tell us that for the past four days, they, together, had been scheming how to assassinate, how to kill a glendora resident. >> reporter: to say it was a shock to glendora police lieutenant tim staub is an understatement. the man hired to be the hit man offered proof, too. details of a plot involving a cheap van purchased at a local car dealer, to be used accidentally t

and those two wanted to kill the glendora resident who not only was iranian, but he hosted an internetendale, and just happened to live in glendora. >> reporter: and that led police to the next shock. the victim. and what the wikileaks cable suggests was the motive. this was an iranian government plot on american soil, to assassinate you. >> exactly. >> reporter: scary? i mean, you're laughing. that seems pretty serious. >> it is serious. this is clear. >> reporter: shamad is an iranian-american who opposes the current iranian government. >> let's be clear, your mission, your purpose is to overthrow the regime. >> that's clear. >> reporter: sharmad is the radio voice of a group called tandar. they say they're behind a grassroots movement in iran that has led to massive anti-government protests. the iranian government says tandar is a terrorist organization. any doubt in your mind that the iranian regime was behind this assassination plot? >> no doubt. >> reporter: and that is supported in this, this leaked diplomatic cable, written from the u.s. embassy in london to the state departmen

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mind of this assassination attempt, if you will, was also iranian and those two wanted to kill the glendoraranian but he hosted an internet talk show in glendale and happened to live in glenndora. and that led police to the next shock, the victim and what the wikileaks cable suggests was the motive. this was an iranian government plot on american soil to assassinate you? >> exactly. >> scary? [ laughter ] >> you are laughing. that seems pretty serious. >> yeah. >> he is an iranian american who opposes the current iranian government. >> let's be clear, your mission, your purpose is to overthrow the regime. >> that's clear, yeah. >> reporter: he is the radio voice of an iran dissident group. the group says it is behind a grassroots movement in iran that led to massive anti-government protests. the iranian government he says is a terrorist organization. >> any doubt in your mind that the iranian regime was behind this assassination plot? >> no doubt. >> and that is supported in this, this leaked diplomatic cable written from the u.s. ambassador in london to the state department in washington.