WASHINGTON, D.C. — US prosecutors announced charges on Friday in an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate former president Donald Trump and a prominent dissident Iranian-American journalist.
The foiled assassination plot on Trump was allegedly directed by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to avenge the death of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in 2020 in a US strike ordered by then-president Trump , the Justice Department said.Farhad Shakeri, 51, an Afghan national who is believed to be in Iran, was 'tasked' by the IRGC with providing a plan to kill Trump , the department said in a statement.
It said Loadholt and Rivera, at Shakeri's direction, spent months conducting surveillance of a US citizen of Iranian origin who is an outspoken critic of the Iranian government and has been the target of multiple prior kidnapping and murder plots.She was not identified in court documents but appears to be dissident journalist Masih Alinejad.
Announces Charges In Alleged Iranian Plot To Assassinate Trump
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