DOJ Unveils Charges in Iran-Linked Plot to Assassinate Trump

The U.S. Justice Department has charged Farhad Shakeri, an Iranian national, and two New York residents, Carlisle Rivera and Jonathon Loadholt, in a murder-for-hire plot targeting a U.S. citizen of Iranian origin. Shakeri, an asset of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), allegedly directed the plot from Iran, while Rivera and Loadholt conducted surveillance in the U.S. The charges highlight Iran's ongoing attempts to target U.S. citizens, including President-elect Donald Trump, as part of broader assassination plots. Shakeri remains at large, while Rivera and Loadholt are detained.