The Justice Department has unsealed criminal charges in a thwarted Iranian plot to kill President-elect Donald Trump before this week’s presidential election

A criminal complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan alleges that an unnamed official in Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard instructed a contact this past September to put together a plan to surveil and ultimately kill Trump.

If the man, identified as Farjad Shakeri, was unable to create a plan by then, the complaint said, the official told him Iran would pause its plan until after the presidential election because the official believed Trump would lose and it would be easier to assassinate him then, the complaint said.


Shakeri told the FBI he didn’t plan to propose a plan to murder Trump within the seven days the official had requested, according to the complaint.

The plot, with the charges unsealed just days after Trump's defeat of Democrat Kamala Harris, reflects what federal officials have described as ongoing efforts by Iran to target U.S. government officials, including Trump, on U.S. soil.

Botragelad:
Almost as if Iran Ayatollah is begging to be destroyed at this point. 😂

Botragelad:
Almost as if Iran Ayatollah is begging to be destroyed at this point. 😂

Botragelad:
Almost as if Iran Ayatollah is begging to be destroyed at this point. 😂

faceland:
If you are really an enemy of USA, then you want TrUmp as president. He would end up isolating USA. Even EU would soon start considering another option than the almighty dollar.

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Luckysbab:
Stupid talk.

Why will they still allegedly need to kill him if he lost?

bluefilm:
So many forces were against trump leading up to the election

But as the chosen One of God, he survived and kept on fighting

Botragelad:
Almost as if Iran Ayatollah is begging to be destroyed at this point. 😂

faceland:
If you are really an enemy of USA, then you want TrUmp as president. He would end up isolating USA. Even EU would soon start considering another option than the almighty dollar.

Think long term effect. Of cause he would level Gaza now but what about 10 years from now?

Luckysbab:


If they told you that your real dad is Netanyahu sef, you will believe. That's how robotic you are.

Botragelad:
Almost as if Iran Ayatollah is begging to be destroyed at this point. 😂

Dreal1247:
No wonder, their currency lost value immediately Trump was declared the winner of the US presidential election. Meaning that they are falling without anybody fighting them. There is no peace for the wicked.