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Justice Department charges Iranian man over alleged plot to kill Donald Trump
euronews (in English)
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08/11/2024
Investigators learned of the plan to kill president-elect Donald Trump from Farhad Shakeri, an accused Iranian government asset who spent time in American prisons for robbery.
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The U.S. Justice Department has charged an Iranian man in connection with an alleged
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plot to kill Donald Trump.
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Farhad Shaqeri, an alleged Iranian government asset, told investigators that a contact in
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the Revolutionary Guard instructed him in September to assemble a plan to kill Trump.
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Shaqeri told investigators his contact said that if he couldn't put together a plan within
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a seven-day time frame, the plot would be paused until after the election because the
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official assumed Trump would lose.
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Shaqeri told investigators he was cooperating in a bid to get a reduced prison sentence
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for an associate who's in prison in America.
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The U.S. government said Shaqeri hasn't been arrested and is believed to be in Iran.
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Iran's mission to the United Nations has declined to comment.
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And a spokesperson for Trump said the president-elect was aware of the plot and nothing will deter
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him from returning to the White House and restoring peace around the world.
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The U.S. Department of Justice has charged an Iranian man in connection with an alleged
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plot to kill Donald Trump.
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Farhad Shaqeri, an alleged Iranian government asset, told investigators he was cooperating
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in a bid to get a reduced prison sentence for an associate who's in prison in America.
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