Iran Revolutionary Guard member charged with trying to kill Donald Trump

[Still Waters]

The justice department has brought charges against a member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards paramilitary group for plotting to assassinate Donald Trump prior to Tuesday’s presidential election, the Associated Press reports.

On the campaign trail in the lead-up to his election win, Trump survived two assassination attempts, but authorities do not believe either were linked to Iran, a longtime foe of the United States.

According to the AP, the complaint unsealed in a Manhattan federal court says an unnamed official of the guard, which is formally known as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, instructed a contact in September to create a plan to surveil and kill Trump.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/nov/08/us-election-live-donald-trump-cabinet-house-of-representatives

[Zebra3]

Two Iranian assassins are arrested in New York for plotting to kill Trump with a third still on the loose - as the DOJ releases chilling details of their twisted plan

[Setton]

1 hour ago, Zebra3 said:

Two Iranian assassins are arrested in New York for plotting to kill Trump with a third still on the loose - as the DOJ releases chilling details of their twisted plan

If the US assassinating Iranian officials is fair game then....

[+OverSword]

8 minutes ago, Setton said:

If the US assassinating Iranian officials is fair game then....

How dare you 😆

[Zebra3]

Afghan mastermind of Iran's plot to assassinate Trump is criminal migrant who was deported from US in 2008

He was just here for a job and share his culture.

[+and-then]

I applaud Joe for telling the Iranians that if they kill any current or former government office holder it will be treated as an act of war.  

[Gromdor]

Small detail to point out- the two people who were arrested were both Americans.  Carlisle Rivera and Jonathan Loadholt.  

The Iranian is still free in Tehran.

[psyche101]

Good thing for Trump that Joe Biden is still his president.

[Claira]

According to a Wall Street Journal report, Iran provided the Biden administration with secret, written assurances in October that it wasn't seeking to kill Trump.This was in response to a warning the US sent to Iran saying it considered threats against Trump a "top-tier national security issue" and that "any attempt on his life would be treated as an act of war."

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-829314