Benham Parsa

Benham Parsa
Benham Parsa in the NCIS Season 11 episode, "Monsters and Men".
Gender:	Male
Died:	February 2014, Brig of the U.S.S. Wilmington.
Cause of death:	Shot by NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs.
Status:	Deceased.
Portrayed by:	Karan Oberoi Sol Landerman- (credited as "Solomon Shiv", Parsa in "Past, Present, and Future).
First Appearance
NCIS:	Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (episode)- (mentioned, seen in photo). Kill Chain (episode) (first physical appearance).
Last Appearance
NCIS:	Monsters and Men (episode)- (final appearance).

Benham Parsa (Urdu: بینہم پارسا) was a leader of the terrorist group The Brotherhood of Doubt and served as first half of Season 11 antagonist.

He caused death and destruction in his campaign and targeted NCIS Major Case Response Team members until his eventual capture and death on board the U.S.S. Wilmington in February 2014 by Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs.

Biography

Pre-Series

Born and raised in Mingora, Pakistan, Parsa lived a relatively normal life with his parents, Raza Parsa and Sabeen Parsa, and his sister, Hayat Parsa.

However, things changed when their parents were killed in a drone strike in February 6, 2004.

Left grief-stricken by the tragedy, Parsa developed a strong, undying grudge against the world which eventually led him to presumably plan and also personally carry out many of the incidents that resulted in him becoming one of the most well-known terrorists in the world.

He had developed an obsession with Eleanor Bishop during her investigations at the NSA.

NCIS Season 11

Parsa's dead body.

NCIS Season 12

In the NCIS Season 12 premiere episode "Kill the Messenger", Bishop removed Parsa's photograph from the NCIS Most Wanted Wall and with DiNozzo accompanying her, immediately threw into a bin, suggesting that with Parsa finally dead, Bishop herself had moved on.

Known Victims

• March 2007, Cairo, Egypt: A passenger train bombing: Thirty unnamed people all died.
• July 2008, Indian Ocean: A French cargo ship sabotage: Fifteen unnamed people died.
• November 2012, Bahrain: A luxury hotel hostage massacre: Twenty unnamed people all taken hostage and subsequently killed.
• May 2013:
  • Yuma, Arizona: Chad McBride (held captive and beaten to death; decapitated post-mortem, head was sent via postal express to McBride's wife).
  • Freemont Inn bombing:
    • Clayton Jarvis (killed).
    • Two unnamed people (killed).
    • Twenty-two unnamed people (survived).
    • Thomas Morrow (survived).
• 2014:
  • Virginia:
    • Daniel Coyne- (shot to death by a drone operated by Parsa).
    • Yusef Ryder- (blown up).
    • The Conrad Gala bombing:
      • Six unnamed people (killed).
      • Twenty-two unnamed people (survived).
      • Delilah Fielding (survived, left permanently paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair as a result of injuries sustained in the attack).
  • Atlantic Ocean:
    • Eleanor Bishop (attempted, ultimately failed).
    • Two unnamed Navy SEAL soldiers (shot twice in the chest).

Proxy Victims

• At least two unnamed journalists (killed by Mir).
• Leroy Jethro Gibbs (attempted by Coldwell).
• Lisa Pierway (strangled to death by Coldwell).
• Anthony DiNozzo (attempted by Coldwell).
• Ziva David (attempted).
• Lawrence Walters (attempted to blow up twice by Tomas)
• Two unnamed bodyguards (both shot once in the chest by Coldwell).
• Dominick Wayne (stabbed to death by Coldwell).
• Alex Rio (shot in the neck and then placed in the water and later impersonated by Farooq)