Iran attempted to assassinate Trump ahead of second term: DOJ

Nov 08, 2024

Karah Rucker Anchor/Reporter

By Karah Rucker (Anchor/Reporter), Bast Bramhall (Video Editor)

The U.S. Justice Department unsealed criminal charges Friday, Nov. 8, showing a foiled Iranian plot to kill President-elect Donald Trump before the 2024 election. A criminal complaint reveals that an official in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard ordered the surveillance and eventual assassination of Trump in September.

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The assassination attempt comes as Iran faces growing internal turmoil, with its currency in freefall amid escalating Middle East tensions. As news of Trump’s election victory spread, Iran’s currency, the rial, plunged to an all-time low.

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The rial has been in decline for months, fueled by high inflation and the broader instability in the region. In response, many Iranians have increasingly converted their savings into U.S. dollars or gold.

Sources told The Wall Street Journal that Trump plans to impose stricter sanctions on Iran, including targeting its oil exports, as part of an aggressive strategy to curb Tehran’s nuclear ambitions and its support for violent proxy groups across the Middle East. This approach mirrors the strategy Trump pursued during his first term, which focused on quickly choking off Iran’s oil revenue and isolating the country diplomatically.

Iran’s oil exports collapsed in early 2020 but reached a six-year high by September of this year, the Journal reported. However, in October, exports sharply declined amid Israeli threats to Iranian oil facilities.

The friction between Trump and Iran largely stems from the 2020 U.S. drone strike that killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, a key figure in Iran’s military leadership.

Former Trump officials told the Journal that the president’s approach to Iran could be swift and unforgiving, noting that the Iranian agents involved in the assassination plot against him and his former national security aides are likely to influence his policies going forward.

Tags: 2024 Elections, Assassination, Donald Trump, Islamic Republic of Iran, U.S. Department of Justice

THE U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT UNSEALED CRIMINAL CHARGES FRIDAY IN A THWARTED IRANIAN PLOT TO KILL PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP BEFORE THE 2024 ELECTION.

A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT REVEALS THAT AN OFFICIAL IN IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD ORDERED THE SURVEILLANCE AND EVENTUAL ASSASSINATION OF TRUMP IN SEPTEMBER.

EFFORTS TO ASSASSINATE TRUMP COME AS IRAN FACES INTERNAL TURMOIL –

THE COUNTRY’S CURRENCY IS COLLAPSING AMID AN ESCALATING WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST –

AND A SECOND TRUMP ADMINISTRATION NOW IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE IS PLANNING A WHAT TRUMP CALLED A “MAXIMUM PRESSURE” CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE U.S. ADVERSARY.

AS NEWS BROKE OF TRUMP’S ELECTION VICTORY –

IRAN’S CURRENCY – THE RIAL – FELL TO AN ALL-TIME LOW.

THE CURRENCY HAS BEEN COLLAPSING FOR MONTHS AMID HIGH INFLATION IN THE COUNTRY AND ONGOING TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST –

IRANIANS HAVE INCREASINGLY BEEN CONVERTING MOST OF THEIR SAVINGS INTO EITHER U.S. DOLLARS OR GOLD.

NEWS OF A SECOND TRUMP TERM SENT THE VALUE OF IRAN’S CURRENCY SPIRALING EVEN FURTHER. THE A-P REPORTING IT HIT AN ALL-TIME LOW.

SOURCES TELL THE WALL STREET JOURNAL TRUMP PLANS TO IMPOSE STRICTER SANCTIONS ON IRAN, INCLUDING TARGETING ITS OIL EXPORTS, AS PART OF AN AGGRESSIVE STRATEGY TO CURTAIL TEHRAN’S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS AND ITS SUPPORT FOR VIOLENT PROXY GROUPS ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST. HIS APPROACH MIRRORS THE STRATEGY HE PURSUED DURING HIS FIRST TERM TO MOVE QUICKLY IN CHOKING OFF IRAN’S OIL REVENUE, AND ISOLATING THE COUNTRY DIPLOMATICALLY.

IRAN’S OIL EXPORTS COLLAPSED IN EARLY 2020 –

BUT BY SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR – IRAN REACHED A SIX-YEAR HIGH IN OIL EXPORTS, THE JOURNAL REPORTED.

BEYOND ITS ECONOMIC STRAIN UNDER TRUMP’S FIRST TERM –

THE FRICTION BETWEEN IRAN AND TRUMP LARGELY COMES FROM A

2020 DRONE STRIKE ORDERED BY TRUMP THAT KILLED IRAN’S GENERAL “QASSEM SOLEIMANI” –

A KEY FIGURE IN IRAN’S MILITARY LEADERSHIP.

RECENT REGIONAL INSTABILITY HAS IMPACTED IRAN.

AFTER OIL EXPORTS BOOMED IN SEPTEMBER –

THEY SHARPLY DECLINED IN OCTOBER AMID ISRAELI THREATS TO ITS OIL FACILITIES.

FORMER TRUMP OFFICIALS TOLD THE JOURNAL –

TRUMP’S APPROACH TO IRAN COULD BE SWIFT AND UNFORGIVING –

SAYING IRANIAN AGENTS TRYING TO ASSASSINATE HIM AND FORMER TOP NATIONAL SECURITY AIDES – COULD LIKELY PLAY A PART IN TRUMP’S POLICIES AGAINST THE COUNTRY MOVING FORWARD.

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