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Last Updated:November 09, 2024, 19:16 IST
A criminal complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan alleges that an unnamed official in Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard instructed a contact this past September to put together a plan to surveil and ultimately kill Trump
Shakeri told the FBI he didn’t plan to propose a plan to murder Trump within the seven days the official had requested, according to the complaint. (Photos: AP file)
Days after an Iranian man was charged in the alleged plot to kill Donald Trump, Iran on Saturday dismissed the allegations and termed them a conspiracy to complicating the issues between the US and Iran.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei denied the involvement in the alleged murder plot and described the US Justice Department report as “completely baseless".
Baghaei said Iran has been accused of similar scenarios in the past that have been “firmly denied and proven false", Fox News reported.
The Justice Department unsealed criminal charges in a thwarted Iranian plot to kill Trump before this week’s presidential election.
A criminal complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan alleges that an unnamed official in Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard instructed a contact this past September to put together a plan to surveil and ultimately kill Trump.
If the man, identified as Farjad Shakeri, was unable to create a plan by then, the complaint said, the official told him Iran would pause its plan until after the presidential election because the official believed Trump would lose and it would be easier to assassinate him then, the complaint said.
Shakeri told the FBI he didn’t plan to propose a plan to murder Trump within the seven days the official had requested, according to the complaint.
The plot, with the charges unsealed just days after Trump’s defeat of Democrat Kamala Harris, reflects what federal officials have described as ongoing efforts by Iran to target US government officials, including Trump, on US soil.
(with inputs from AP)
Location :Tehran, Iran
First Published:November 09, 2024, 19:16 IST
News world 'Completely Baseless': Iran Denies Involvement In Donald Trump Assassination Plot
