Assassination plot against Trump? US Department of Justice makes serious allegations against this country
Washington (USA) -The US Department of Justice has accusedIran of plotting the assassination of Republican Donald Trump (78). "The indictments announced today expose Iran's continued brazen attempts to target U.S. citizens, including President-elect Donald Trump," said FBI Director Christopher Wray.
During the FBI's investigation into another case, a 51-year-old man from Iran with Afghan citizenship claimed to have been commissioned by Iran a few weeks before the US presidential election to present and implement a plan to assassinate Trump. The investigators consider the statements to be credible.
A few weeks ago, Trump's campaign team announced that it had been informed by the US secret service "about real and concrete threats from Iran to assassinate him".
The US judiciary has brought charges against the 51-year-old and two other men - they are also accused of plotting to assassinate an Iranian dissident. Arrest warrants have been issued for the men.
A threat to national security
"There are few actors in the world that pose as great a threat to the national security of the United States as Iran," warned US Attorney General Merrick Garland.
"We will not tolerate the Iranian regime's attempts to endanger the American people and America's national security."
In his first term as US President, Donald Trump withdrew from the nuclear agreement with Iran, imposed new sanctions against the country and classified the Iranian Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization.
In 2020, the US military killed Iranian General Ghassem Soleimani in a drone strike in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Trump's orders.