The Iranian Government has tried to assassinate President Trump prior to his election in 2024, the DOJ reveals.
Several Iranian operatives have now been charged, but remain out of reach of the American government for now. The Wall Street Journal says:
Iranian agents plotted to assassinate Donald Trump before he was re-elected as president, the Justice Department revealed Friday in a case that underscores the barrage of security threats Trump faces even before he takes office.
An Iranian operative told law enforcement that an official in Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard directed him in September to set aside his other duties and assemble a plan to surveil and ultimately kill Trump, federal prosecutors in Manhattan said in court papers.
Iran has grown its attack on the United States since the Israel-Gaza war started in 2023. The NY Times continues:
“The charges announced today expose Iran’s continued brazen attempts to target U.S. citizens, including President-elect Donald Trump, other government leaders and dissidents who criticize the regime in Tehran,” said Christopher Wray, director of the F.B.I.
The newly unsealed complaint also contains allegations that the authorities had disrupted another plot to assassinate Masih Alinejad, a Brooklyn human-rights activist who has long criticized Iran’s repression of women.
Chances are that Trump will seek to punish those who tried to kill him. Iran will be on notice.
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