Iranian Plot to Assassinate Trump Thwarted, DOJ Charges Filed

An Iranian operative, Farhad Shakeri, has been charged in a plot to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump and other U.S. targets, allegedly orchestrated by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Shakeri, believed to be in Iran, was tasked with recruiting U.S.-based individuals for surveillance and potential attacks on dissidents and government figures. Two U.S. residents, Carlisle Rivera and Jonathon Loadholt, were charged for their involvement in surveilling an Iranian American activist. The plot against Trump was part of broader IRGC efforts to target U.S. figures following the 2020 killing of IRGC General Qasem Soleimani.