The U.S. Department of Justice has charged Farhad Shakeri, an Afghan national believed to be in Iran, in connection with an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump. Prosecutors say Shakeri was directed by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard to create a plan to kill Trump, with initial plans paused until after the election.
Shakeri, along with two others—Brooklyn resident Carlisle Rivera and Jonathon Loadholt from Staten Island—also faces charges of conspiracy to kill a U.S. journalist critical of Iran. Shakeri reportedly promised payment for the attack, and both Rivera and Loadholt are now detained pending trial in New York. Additionally, the indictment mentions that Iran sought to target Jewish American businesspeople and plan violence against Israeli tourists abroad.
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