The FBI may have prevented the Iranian assassination of Donald Trump – news Urix – Foreign news and documentaries

The US Department of Justice is investigating a possible Iranian assassination attempt against Donald Trump just before the presidential election. In court documents released Friday, it appears that an official in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard allegedly instructed a 51-year-old Iranian man to create a plan to monitor and kill Trump. The Revolutionary Guard is a political and military organization in Iran, and is part of the Iranian armed forces. – There are few actors in the world that pose such a serious threat to the US’s national security as Iran, says Attorney General Merrick B. Garland in a press release. According to the court documents, the 51-year-old was given seven days on 7 October to create a watertight murder plan. If he did not succeed in this, the plans were to be put on hold until after the election. This photo was taken shortly after Donald Trump was shot at a campaign rally in July this year. Photo: Evan Vucci / AP/NTB Has followed threats for a long time Trump, who won the US presidential election earlier this week, has previously said that Iran may have been behind the assassinations against him. In mid-October, the White House’s National Security Council also announced that it has been closely monitoring Iranian threats against Trump for a number of years. – We consider this a national security matter of the highest priority. We strongly condemn Iran for these threats. Should Iran attack any of our citizens, including those who continue to serve the United States or those who have served us, Iran will face dire consequences, said spokesman Sean Savett. Claiming that the plans were not to be carried out, the 51-year-old is said to have demanded large sums of money to take the life of the US president-elect. At the same time, he has told the FBI that he had no intention of going ahead with the plans. “The charges announced today reveal Iran’s continued brazen efforts to target American citizens, including President Donald Trump, other government leaders and dissidents critical of the regime in Tehran,” said FBI Director Christopher Wray. The 51-year-old and two other men are accused of being part of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. They are charged with murder for hire and planning murder for hire. They are also charged with planning money laundering. In addition, the 51-year-old is charged with plans to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organisation. Two of the men are in custody in the United States. The 51-year-old is still at large in Tehran, Iran, where he currently lives. He was deported from the United States around 2008, after serving a 14-year sentence for robbery. Published 08.11.2024, at 20.10



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