FBI thwarts Iranian murder-for-hire plan targeting Donald Trump
SUMMARY
The Justice Department unsealed charges on Friday November 8, 2024, in a foiled Iranian murder-for-hire plot against President-elect Donald Trump. Filed in Manhattan federal court, the complaint outlines an alleged plan orchestrated by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard in an effort to assassinate Trump, just before the U.S. presidential election. The complaint specifies that in September 2024, an official within Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard contacted Farjad Shakeri, directing him to initiate a plan for monitoring and ultimately killing Trump within a seven-day timeframe. However, if Shakeri could not devise a viable plan within that period, the official instructed him to postpone efforts until after the election, believing a Trump defeat would facilitate the assassination attempt. Shakeri informed the FBI that he had no intention to act on the plot within the requested timeframe, leading to federal intervention.
