Iran gave secret assurances to US it wouldn't target Trump, WSJ report
The US charged an Iranian man last week in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump.
Iran provided the Biden administration with secret, written assurances in October that it wasn't seeking to kill then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday morning.
WSJ was the first to report of this exchange between Washington and Tehran, which was in response to a warning the US sent to Iran in September saying it considered threats against Trump a "top-tier national security issue" and that "any attempt on his life would be treated as an act of war."
The US charged an Iranian man last week in connection with an alleged plot ordered by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to assassinate President-elect Trump, the Justice Department said.
Farhad Shakeri informed law enforcement "that he was tasked on October 7, 2024, with providing a plan to kill" Trump, the department said in a statement, adding that he also said that he did not intend to formulate such a plan within the time frame directed by the IRGC.
Iran denies claims of plot
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqhchi denied US charges that Tehran was linked to an alleged plot to kill Donald Trump and called on Saturday for confidence-building between the two hostile countries.
In September, Trump's campaign said he was briefed by US intelligence officials on alleged threats from Iran to assassinate him.
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