A statement from the ministry stated that this plan was orchestrated directly by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in retaliation for the assassination of the commander of the Quds Force in the Revolutionary Guard. Qassem Soleimani In an American strike near Baghdad Airport in 2020.
A criminal accusation filed in federal court in Manhattan stated that an official whose identity was not revealed in Iranian Revolutionary Guard He instructed an agent last September to devise a plan to monitor and ultimately assassinate Trump.
The criminal charge said the official told the agent, identified as Farhad Shakeri, that if he could not come up with a plan by then, Iran She would halt her plan until after the presidential election because the official believed Trump would lose and it would be easier to assassinate him then.
According to the criminal charge, Shakiri told the FBI that he did not intend to submit an assassination plan Trump Within the seven days requested by the Iranian official.