Federal prosecutors have alleged that two Iranian-linked plots to assassinate then-candidate Donald Trump — including one plot directly linked to Iranian intelligence services — were launched in 2024 as Iran sought to meddle in the election to stop Trump’s return to the White House.
The unsuccessful Iranian assassination plots from last year are sure to get renewed attention following Trump’s announcement Saturday night that the U.S. military had bombed the main Iranian nuclear sites at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. Trump said in his White House speech that the goal of Operation Midnight Hammer was “a stop to the nuclear threat posed by the world’s number one state sponsor of terror” and said the strikes were “a spectacular military success.”
The Iranian attempts on Trump’s life last year are detailed in press releases and court filings by the Justice Department and the FBI. Prosecutors have not linked the Iranian efforts to the other assassination efforts against Trump at a Butler, Pennsylvania campaign rally in July and at his Florida golf course in September.
Still, the Iranian murder-for-hire allegations show the multiplicity of threats against Trump’s life during the 2024 presidential campaign and highlight the lengths to which the Iranian government was seemingly willing to go to keep Trump out of the Oval Office for a second term.
The Justice Department has filed charges against Pakistani national Asif Merchant and against Afghan national Farhad Shakeri for their alleged roles in Iranian-backed assassination plots. The former defendant’s murky plot seemingly targeted Trump while the latter defendant’s more sophisticated plot was definitely aimed at the president.
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Author: Ray Hilbrich
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