US charges Iranian man in plot to kill Donald Trump

The United States has charged an Iranian man in connection with an alleged plot, reportedly directed by Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), to assassinate president-elect Donald Trump, the US Justice Department announced on Friday.

In a statement, the department said Shakeri had informed law enforcement that he was “tasked on October 7, 2024, with providing a plan to kill” Trump. Shakeri was described as an IRGC asset based in Tehran who had previously immigrated to the US as a child but was deported around 2008 after a conviction for robbery.

The department also reported charges against two other individuals allegedly involved in a separate plot to kill a US citizen of Iranian origin in New York.

(With inputs from Reuters)