The United States government has brought charges against an Iranian man in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate Donald Trump before he was elected president on Wednesday
On Friday, Nov. 8, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an indictment against Farhad Shakeri, alleging he was tasked with “providing a plan” to kill Trump.
The U.S. government said Shakeri has not been arrested and is believed to be in Iran.
In a criminal complaint filed in Manhattan court, prosecutors allege that an official in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard directed Shakeri in September to devise a plan to surveil and kill Trump.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said, “The Justice Department has charged an asset of the Iranian regime who was tasked by the regime to direct a network of criminal associates to further Iran’s assassination plots against its targets, including President-elect Donald Trump.”
The justice department added that it had charged two others also allegedly recruited to kill an American journalist who was an outspoken critic of Iran.
The other two individuals were identified by the justice department as Carlisle Rivera, also known as “Pop”, 49, from Brooklyn, and Jonathon Loadholt, 36, from Staten Island.
