FBI hunts for Iran's would-be assassin who has allegedly targeted Trump admin officials

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The FBI has stepped up its hunt for Iranian agents who allegedly targeted current and former American officials as revenge for an Iranian general's murder, with an appeal for any information on their whereabouts as the cost of protecting those officials continues to climb.

"Iranian intel officer Majid Dastjani Farahani is wanted for questioning regarding the recruitment of individuals for operations in the U. S., to include lethal targeting of current/former USG officials," the FBI Miami office wrote in a post on social media platform X.

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The FBI claimed Farahani targeted U. S. government officials who were involved in the killing of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani, which served as the focus for Farahni’s recruitment activities. He allegedly recruited individuals with connections to religious sites, businesses and "other facilities" in the U.S.

"Farahani acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security," the FBI wrote on its website.

Iran has repeatedly threatened to take revenge for Soleimani’s killing, just one year ago promising that, "God willing, we are looking to kill Trump [and] Pompeo … and military commanders who issued the order should be killed."

Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Forces, was killed in a Jan. 3, 2020 U. S. strike in Baghdad days after Iranian-backed militia supporters stormed the U.S. Embassy in Iraq.

Threats have often accompanied new Iranian shows of force, such as the announcement of a new long-range cruise missile capable of striking targets within a 1,000-mile range. Iran initially responded to Soleimani’s killing with missile strikes against U. S. troops stationed at two bases in Iraq,  which failed to kill any American soldiers.

The renewed push to catch Iranian intel operatives comes as new details emerge that the Secret Service continued to monitor former Trump National Security Council advisors John Bolton and Robert O’Brien long after they left their positions, explicitly due to the potential threats from Iran.

CBS program "60 Minutes," through a Freedom of Information Act request, learned that the protection cost was around $12 million a year to maintain. The documents did not specify Iran, but "60 Minutes" separately verified that the order related to Iranian threats.

The Department of Homeland Security documents related to the protection order disclosed that the protection details included 24-hour coverage by dedicated special agents who covered them at home and in their offices, as well as during domestic and foreign travel.... (Read more)












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