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The bulletin also details troubling reports of Iran’s active efforts to target U.S. individuals, including plots to assassinate former President Donald Trump. According to The Wall Street Journal, Iranian officials provided written assurances to the Biden Administration in October that they would not attempt to kill Trump—an unusual diplomatic gesture given Iran's long-standing adversarial stance.
However, months prior, the U.S. charged a Pakistani national with plotting to kill Trump on Iran’s behalf—an effort that was thwarted. Further, intelligence sources reveal that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) hired an Iranian operative to surveil and plan to assassinate Trump, illustrating the ongoing threat they pose to U.S. political figures.