New York: An assassination plot against politicians has been foiled

The FBI has foiled a plot to assassinate American politicians, according to the US Department of Justice. The Ministry of Justice announced yesterday that criminal proceedings have been initiated against a suspect with links to Iran. The Pakistani national traveled to New York in April with the aim of hiring contract killers. According to reports, he paid two potential assassins $5,000 in advance, but they turned out to be undercover agents. The 46-year-old man was arrested in July before he could leave the United States. So the plot was ruined, it was said.

It was not clear from the court records who the people may have been targeted. But the issue came to light just weeks after it was revealed that security around former President Donald Trump had been stepped up due to an unspecified threat from Iran, ahead of the July 13 assassination attempt on the Republican when which appeared campaign in Butler State of. Pennsylvania came.

According to authorities, the assassination attempt had nothing to do with the threat from Iran. It was said that the current case involving a Pakistani citizen had nothing to do with the attack on Trump. The suspect was arrested on July 12, the day before the rally in Butler. He also ordered the men he thought were contract killers to go on strike in August or September – before which he wanted to leave the US.

US government circles have been warning for years about Iran’s desire for revenge for the assassination of General Ghassem Soleimani. The former commander of the so-called Al-Kuds Brigades was killed in a targeted American drone strike in Baghdad in 2020 on the orders of then President Trump.