Last update:09 November 2024, 7:38 p.m. IST

A criminal complaint filed in Manhattan federal court alleges that an anonymous Iranian Revolutionary Guard official asked a contact last September to develop a plan to surveil and ultimately kill Trump.

Shakeri told the FBI he did not intend to come up with a plan to assassinate Trump within the seven days the official requested, according to the complaint. (Photos: AP file)

Days after an Iranian man was charged in the alleged plot to kill Donald TrumpIran on Saturday rejected the allegations and called them a plot to complicate problems between the United States and Iran.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei denied any involvement in the alleged murder plot and called the U.S. Justice Department report “totally baseless.”

Baghaei said Iran had been accused of similar scenarios in the past, which were “strongly denied and proven false.” Fox News reported.

He also said that repeating these types of claims “is a malicious conspiracy orchestrated by Zionist and anti-Iran circles to further complicate issues between the United States and Iran.”

Earlier Friday, tJustice Department unveils criminal charges in a foiled Iranian plot to kill Trump before this week’s presidential election.

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A criminal complaint filed in Manhattan federal court alleges that an unnamed official with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard instructed a contact last September to develop a plan to surveil and ultimately kill Trump.

If the man, identified as Farjad Shakeri, was unable to come up with a plan by then, according to the complaint, the official told him that Iran would suspend his plan until after the presidential election because that the official thought Trump would lose and it would be easier to assassinate him. him then, says the complaint.

Shakeri told the FBI he did not intend to come up with a plan to assassinate Trump within the seven days the official requested, according to the complaint.

The plot, allegations of which came to light just days after Trump’s defeat of Democrat Kamala Harris, reflects what federal officials have described as continued efforts by Iran to target U.S. government officials, including Trump , on American soil.

(with entries from AP)