The Justice Department revealed on Friday that federal charges have been filed against three individuals in connection with a thwarted Iranian plot to assassinate Donald Trump prior to the presidential election. According to court documents, one of the accused, Farhad Shakeri, was approached by Iranian officials in September and instructed to surveil and carry out the assassination of Trump. Shakeri, who is currently evading authorities in Iran, was allegedly directed by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps to focus solely on targeting Trump.
Prosecutors claim that Shakeri, who engaged in recorded conversations with law enforcement, was initially assigned by the IRGC to conduct assassinations of US and Israeli citizens within the United States. However, on October 7, he was instructed to concentrate exclusively on Trump, with a deadline of seven days to devise an assassination plan. Shakeri informed investigators that if he failed to meet the deadline, the IRGC planned to postpone the operation until after the election, anticipating Trump's defeat.
