He United States Department of Justice reported this Friday that it has filed federal charges against three people related to a alleged plot orchestrated by Iranian authorities to murder the virtual winner of these last electionsthe Republican magnate Donald Trump.
“There are few actors in the world who represent a such a serious threat to the national security of the United States how he does it Iran“said the US attorney general, Merrick Garlandwho has detailed that, among those detained, there are two New York citizens who were allegedly hired by an “Iranian agent.”
It is about Farhad Shakerito whom Iran, according to the accusation, would have given orders to murder to an American citizen of Iranian origin in New York, as well as to the future president donald trump. While Shakeri remains on the run, his two cronies, Carlisle Rivera and Jonathan Loadholt have been arrested.
“The regime commissioned him to lead a network of criminals to carry out the murders of Iran against their objectivesincluding President-elect Donald Trump,” the Justice Department says in a statement about Farhad Shakeri.
Shakeri, Rivera and Loadholt have been charged with attempted murder for hire, conspiracy to commit murder and money laundering. The sum of these three crimes can carry maximum sentences of up to 40 years in prison.
Shakeri, for his part, is believed to have is located in Iran and has been accused of other terrorism crimes and violating sanctions laws, which in sum It could mean another prison sentence of up to 60 years.
#Prosecutors #Office #uncovers #alleged #Iranian #plot #assassinate #Donald #Trump
