Farhad Shakeri, an Afghan man deported from the U.S. after serving prison time, allegedly plotted to assassinate Donald Trump on Iran's behalf. He reportedly collaborated with two U.S.-based accomplices in this failed attempt.

Investigators said two men — Carlisle Rivera, also known as “Pop,” of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Jonathon Loadholt, of Staten Island, N.Y., — were instructed by Farhad Shakeri, 51, of Iran, to track and kill the journalist, who authorities said was a ...

The details of an unsealed Iranian murder-for-hire plot to kill President-elect Donald Trump raise questions about how the current administration will act, as President Joe Biden previously warned

Farhad Shakeri is accused of conspiring in a murder plot against Donald Trump on behalf of Iran, along with two Americans-Jonathan Loadholt, 36, of Staten Island, and Carlisle Rivera, 49, of Brooklyn.

Farhad Shakeri, an Afghan expat previously deported from the U.S. in 2008, has been named by the Department of Justice as a key figure in Iran's alleged assassination plot against President-elect Donald Trump.

Iran has denied its involvement in an alleged plot to assassinate United States President-elect Donald Trump. An Afghanistan national has been charged by the US Justice Department in connection to the plan.