Iran on Wednesday denied being involved in a plot to assassinate the former US president. Donald Trump and described as “malicious” the accusations made in the American media in this regard.
CNN, among others, reported Tuesday that U.S. authorities received information from a “human source” weeks ago about an alleged Iranian plot to kill the Republican presidential candidate. White House.
However, the US network has distanced this plot from the assassination attempt against Trump that took place last Saturday in Pennsylvania, which injured the former president and killed an aide.
The Iranian embassy in the United States said the allegations were “malicious” and “unsubstantiated.”
The spokesman for its Foreign Ministry, Naser Kanani, said that Tehran “firmly rejects any involvement in the recent armed attack against Trump”.
However, he stressed that Iran remains “determined to prosecute Trump for his direct role in the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani,” the commander of the Revolutionary Guard who was the victim of a US drone strike in Iraq in 2020.
Source: Gestion
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