The Federal Bureau of Investigation thwarted an Iranian plot to assassinate Donald Trump before he was re-elected as president, the Justice Department said in a case unsealed Friday that underscores the barrage of security threats Trump faces even before he takes office.

The Justice Department charged a man on Friday who was tasked with planning an Iranian plot to murder President-elect Trump ahead of the election. The big picture: U.S. officials have long warned about Iran targeting American leaders.

The Justice Department revealed an Iranian murder-for-hire plot targeting then-President-elect Donald Trump. The big picture; An Afghan national, Farhad Shakeri, identified as an Iranian government asset, was approached by a contact in Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard to develop a plan to surveil and assassinate Trump.

The Department of Justice unsealed criminal charges in a thwarted plot by Iran to kill Donald Trump. A criminal complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan alleges that an unnamed official in Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard spoke to a contact in September about plans to conduct surveillance on the former president and kill him before

The Justice Department unsealed criminal charges Friday in a thwarted Iranian plot to kill President-elect Donald Trump before this week's presidential election.