ISIS
United States v. Bereen Dzayee and 2 others
Status: Bereen Dzayee: Charged, June 5, 2026; Bisaam Ghafoor: Charged, June 5, 2026; Elias Shamsaldeen: Charged, June 5, 2026
- District
- District of Kansas
- Docket number
- Not matched
- Group named in DOJ releases
- ISIS
- Statutes
- 18 U.S.C. § 2339B
- First DOJ release
- June 5, 2026
Primary Sources
- Three Arrested in Kansas and California, Charged with Plot to Support ISIS, Office of Public Affairs, June 5, 2026
Status and dates follow these DOJ releases. Docket details from CourtListener (RECAP).
Bereen Dzayee
- Status
- Charged (DOJ release, June 5, 2026)
- From the DOJ release:
Dzayee suggested that targets of drones should include U.S. Special Forces.
- Age
- 25 (per DOJ release of June 5, 2026)
- Charges as described by DOJ
- conspiring to provide material support to ISIS
- Charged or arrested
- June 5, 2026
Bisaam Ghafoor
- Status
- Charged (DOJ release, June 5, 2026)
- From the DOJ release:
As detailed in the complaint, in various messaging exchanges, Ghafoor exclaimed it would be “sick” if his name could be written on the drone used in an attack on Americans.
- Age
- 21 (per DOJ release of June 5, 2026)
- Charges as described by DOJ
- conspiring to provide material support to ISIS
- Charged or arrested
- June 5, 2026
Elias Shamsaldeen
- Status
- Charged (DOJ release, June 5, 2026)
- From the DOJ release:
In other exchanges, Shamsaldeen expressed a desire to stab and injure a U.S. servicemember.
- Age
- 21 (per DOJ release of June 5, 2026)
- Charges as described by DOJ
- conspiring to provide material support to ISIS
- Charged or arrested
- June 5, 2026
Cite: Middle East Forum, Islamist Terrorism Prosecutions, "United States v. Bereen Dzayee and 2 others," accessed October 13, 2026, https://cases.meforum.org/case/us-v-dzayee-2026/