Iran 'ordered hitman to kill Donald Trump' during US election run, bombshell charges show

A plot to kill Donald Trump has been revealed by the unsealing of US court documents charging a man who claimed he was tasked by an Iranian government official before this week's election with assassinating the Republican president-elect.

Investigators learned of the plot to kill Mr Trump while interviewing Farhad Shakeri, an Afghan national identified by officials as an Iranian government asset who was deported from the United States after being imprisoned on robbery charges.

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