Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi biography: 10 things about Oklahoma City resident from Afghanistan

CRISIS AVERTED: Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, obtained firearms and ammunition to conduct a violent attack on U.S. soil, as well as taking a number of steps to prepare for the plot, authorities said. https://t.co/EOaES0nAXl pic.twitter.com/BEGNXISHc2

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Who is Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi?

Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi is an Afghan man who lived in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. He is a citizen of Afghanistan.

Tawhedi and his wife lived in an apartment on Shartel Avenue in Oklahoma City. He is 3 years older than her.

While residing in Oklahoma City, Tawhedi allegedly conspired and attempted to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). Here are 10 more things about him:

1. He was born in 1997.
2. On September 9, 2021, he entered the U.S. on a special immigrant visa.
3. In 2023, his wife gave birth to their first child.
4. In March 2024, he completed two cryptocurrency transactions resulting in a transfer of value of around at $540 to a Syria-based organization that engaged in an online fundraising campaign benefitting ISIS members and their supporters.
5. From June 2024 to October 7, 2024, he conspired to provide and attempted to provide material support to the ISIS.
6. In a video recorded on his iPhone on July 20, 2024 in Oklahoma City, he read from an electronic device a text that describes the rewards a martyr receives in the afterlife.
7. On July 25, 2024, he visited the webcams of the White House and the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., USA.
8. Between August 2024 and October 7, 2024, he and his juvenile brother-in-law entered into a conspiracy to knowingly receive, attempted to receive and received a firearm to be used to commit a felony or a federal crime of terrorism. He bought a one-way airfare for travel to Kabul, Afghanistan, departing Dallas, Texas, USA on October 17, 2024 for his wife, their child, his mother-in-law and his siblings-in-law but not for him, his juvenile brother-in-law and his father-in-law. He allegedly planned to attack a place where a large crowd would be gathered on U.S. soil on November 5, 2024 on behalf of the ISIS.
9. On October 7, 2024, he and his juvenile brother-in-law met with two confidential human sources and an undercover employee working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Oklahoma and bought two AK-47 rifles. He and his juvenile brother-in-law were arrested upon receipt of the rifles and ammunition.
10. On October 8, 2024, U.S. Magistrate Judge Suzanne Mitchell signed a criminal complaint filed against him by FBI special agent Nathan Wilkins. He was charged with conspiring and attempting to provide material support to ISIS and receiving a firearm to be used to commit a felony or a federal crime of terrorism.