DAILY MAIL | Published November 12, 2024
It was not the only plot to assassinate Trump during the US election but, had it succeeded, it could have changed the world more than any other event of the past six months.
That’s because it was not the act of some lone wolf but a state-sponsored conspiracy by Iran concocted as an act of cold-blooded revenge – at least, that’s according to US Department of Justice charging documents unveiled by a New York court last week.
Farhad Shakeri, an Afghan-born fixer who once lived in the US but is now based in Tehran, is accused of accepting money from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the private army of the Iranian regime, to surveil and then plot Trump’s killing in early October.
The Revolutionary Guard are Iran’s increasingly aggressive and sophisticated intelligence and guerilla warfare arm whose nefarious influence extends to many Western countries including the UK and United States.
Their apparent attempt to assassinate a US Presidential candidate on American soil will be interpreted in many quarters as an act of war.
Had the plot succeeded, it would have sent shockwaves not just through US politics but around the world, possibly dragging America directly into the war already raging between close ally Israel, Iran’s proxy network, and the puppet-masters in Tehran.
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Iranian citizens commemorating the anniversary of the U.S. embassy takeover in 1979 in Tehran in 2017. Iran recently denied allegations it orchestrated an attempt to assassinate Donald Trump. KYDPL KYODO/Associated Press
NEWSWEEK | Published November 12, 2024
Iran has broken its silence on accusations that an Iranian man was involved in a murder-for-hire scheme to kill newly reelected president Donald Trump.
Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, denied the allegations, writing on X: “Remember the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran right after our President’s inauguration? Everyone knows who did it and why. Now, with another election, a new scenario is fabricated with the same goal: as a killer does not exist in reality, scriptwriters are brought in to manufacture a third-rate comedy. Who can in their right mind believe that a supposed assassin SITS IN IRAN and talks online to the FBI?!
“Here is a dose of reality worthy of consideration: The American people have made their decision. And Iran respects their right to elect the President of their choice. The path forward is also a choice. It begins with respect. Iran is NOT after nuclear weapons, period. This is a policy based on Islamic teachings and our security calculations. Confidence-building is needed from both sides. It is not a one-way street.”
Reports of an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Trump surfaced on November 8, shortly after his election victory, making this the president-elect’s third assassination attempt in five months.
The Department of Justice reported that 51-year-old Farhad Shakeri said he was instructed by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps to kill Trump on October 7.
Shakeri’s assignment was allegedly part of a larger mission to assassinate American and Israeli citizens in the U.S., and he was charged with murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, money laundering conspiracy, conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization and conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, and sanctions against the Government of Iran, along with two others.
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SOURCE: www.newsweek.com
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