MIRIAM NNOLI 
The United States (US) government on Friday brought charges against an Iranian man in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate the President-elect, Donald Trump before the presidential election.
This was contained in a statement issued by the Department of Justice which unsealed an indictment against Farhad Shakeri, 51, alleging he was tasked with providing a plan to kill Trump.
The US government said Mr Shakeri has not been arrested and is believed to be in Iran.
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According to a criminal complaint filed in Manhattan court, prosecutors allege that an official in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard directed Mr Shakeri in September to conceive a plan to surveil and kill Trump.
“The Justice Department has charged an asset of the Iranian regime who was tasked by the regime to direct a network of criminal associates to further Iran’s assassination plots against its targets, including President-elect Donald Trump,” US Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement.
