The U.S. Department of Justice has charged Farhad Shakeri, an alleged asset of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), for plotting to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump.
Shakeri, currently believed to be in Iran, reportedly declined to devise a plan within the IRGC’s timeline.
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Additionally, two New York residents, Carlisle Rivera and Jonathan Loadholt, face charges for collaborating with Shakeri in a separate scheme targeting an Iranian-American critic of the Iranian government, likely activist Masih Alinejad. Both Rivera and Loadholt are in custody awaiting trial.
