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Let us be honest here.
Iran has been at war with us since 1979 when they took over our embassy in Tehran and held those hostages.
We have every right to retaliate under international law since then. And since then, the Iranian mullahs are responsible for the death of thousands of Americans.
The Department of Justice announced criminal charges Friday against an alleged Iranian operative accused of plotting to assassinate Donald Trump.
The criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York said Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was behind an effort to surveil and kill Mr. Trump, now the president-elect.
“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,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement. “We have also charged and arrested two individuals who we allege were recruited as part of that network to silence and kill, on U.S. soil, an American journalist who has been a prominent critic of the regime.”
The Justice Department said Tehran-based IRGC asset Farhad Shakeri used a network of criminal associates he met in U.S. prisons to supply the Iranian government with operatives needed to conduct surveillance and carry out assassinations. Shakeri was deported from the U.S. more than 15 years ago after serving 14 years for a robbery conviction.
Shakeri said the Iranian government tasked him in September with prioritizing the killing of Mr. Trump, identified as Victim-4 in the criminal complaint.
Shakeri said the IRGC indicated it had already spent a “lot of money” trying to kill Mr. Trump and was willing to spend far more to assassinate the president-elect.
“According to Shakeri, during his meeting with IRGC Official-1 on or about October 7, 2024, IRGC Official-1 directed Shakeri to provide a plan within seven days to kill Victim-4,” the complaint said. “If Shakeri was unable to put forth a plan within that time frame, IRGC Official-1 continued, the IRGC would pause its plan to kill Victim-4 until after the U.S. presidential [election], because IRGC Official-1 assessed that Victim-4 would lose the election and, afterward, it would be easier to assassinate Victim-4.”
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Iran has been at war with us since 1979 when they took over our embassy in Tehran and held those hostages.
We have every right to retaliate under international law since then. And since then, the Iranian mullahs are responsible for the death of thousands of Americans.
The Department of Justice announced criminal charges Friday against an alleged Iranian operative accused of plotting to assassinate Donald Trump.
The criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York said Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was behind an effort to surveil and kill Mr. Trump, now the president-elect.
“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,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement. “We have also charged and arrested two individuals who we allege were recruited as part of that network to silence and kill, on U.S. soil, an American journalist who has been a prominent critic of the regime.”
The Justice Department said Tehran-based IRGC asset Farhad Shakeri used a network of criminal associates he met in U.S. prisons to supply the Iranian government with operatives needed to conduct surveillance and carry out assassinations. Shakeri was deported from the U.S. more than 15 years ago after serving 14 years for a robbery conviction.
Shakeri said the Iranian government tasked him in September with prioritizing the killing of Mr. Trump, identified as Victim-4 in the criminal complaint.
Shakeri said the IRGC indicated it had already spent a “lot of money” trying to kill Mr. Trump and was willing to spend far more to assassinate the president-elect.
“According to Shakeri, during his meeting with IRGC Official-1 on or about October 7, 2024, IRGC Official-1 directed Shakeri to provide a plan within seven days to kill Victim-4,” the complaint said. “If Shakeri was unable to put forth a plan within that time frame, IRGC Official-1 continued, the IRGC would pause its plan to kill Victim-4 until after the U.S. presidential [election], because IRGC Official-1 assessed that Victim-4 would lose the election and, afterward, it would be easier to assassinate Victim-4.”
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Justice Department accuses Iranian operatives of plot to kill Trump
The Department of Justice announced criminal charges Friday against an alleged Iranian operative accused of plotting to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump.
