Sayed Moosawi faces sentencing delay over Iran-linked Bondi deli firebombing plot

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The man used the handle “James Bond” to co-ordinate an Iranian regime-linked firebombing of a Jewish business in Sydney.

A man who used the handle “James Bond” on an encrypted messaging service while arranging for the firebombing of a Sydney business, which ASIO has said was likely directed by the then Iranian regime, will have to wait to find out how long he will remain behind bars.

Sayed Moosawi, 35, grumbled to his lawyer Zemarai Khatiz in a Sydney court on Wednesday that he had only pleaded guilty to charges relating to the burning down of a Bondi business and a separate matter of intimidation because he had wanted to “get it over and done with”.

But Judge Christine Mendes in Central Local Court said due to the complexities of the case and the way it was litigated before her, she could not deliver a sentence until next month.

According to a statement of facts before the court, Moosawi, who has links to the Nomads bikie gang, went by James Bond on Signal to co-ordinate two men to carry out an arson attack that he was going to be paid $12,000 for by an unknown man.

“I got something good,” Moosawi messaged the two men, who were to receive $4000 each, on September 30, 2024.

But the use of the 007 moniker seems to be where the sophistication of the arson plot began and ended, with the two men sent to or targeting the wrong place.

On October 14, 2026, they made their first attempt on the Curly Lewis Brewery but fled when they were seen by a security guard.

An angry Moosawi told them they had made him “look stupid in front of my mates”.

“Use both fail the test, can’t do one small thing, f**king 16 years kid could of got it done,” he messaged them.

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