Kareem Ibrahim was sentenced to life in prison for his role in organizing a plot to bomb John F. Kennedy International Airport, Justice Department officials announced today, noting that Ibrahim attempted to involve Iranian revolutionaries in the attack.

“Kareem Ibrahim abandoned the true tenets of his religion and plotted to commit a terrorist attack that he hoped would rival 9/11,” U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch said in a statement announcing the sentencing. The conspirators hoped to bomb fuel tankers at the airport.