Iranian Regime Working Hand-in-Hand With Organized Crime, Spanish Politician Says

Alejo Vidal-Quadras, a Spanish politician who survived an assassination attempt a year ago, said Tehran hired hitmen from a Netherlands-based mafia group.

Co-founder of Spain's Vox Party, Alejo Vidal-Quadras, shows the point of exit of the bullet, as he talks on the assassination attempt he suffered in November 2023, in Madrid on Feb. 23, 2024. Thomas Coex/AFP via Getty Images

A Spanish politician and campaigner against the Iranian regime who survived an assassination attempt a year ago has told an online conference that Iran is operating in alliance with organized crime.

Alejo Vidal-Quadras, 79, was shot at point-blank range in the Spanish capital of Madrid on Nov. 9, 2023, but miraculously survived.