Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman responded to the accusations, saying there were “malicious objectives” behind them.
Days ago they reported that USA had received intelligence information indicating that there was a plot in Iran to attempt to assassinate Donald Trump. However the Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Nasser Kanani, He referred to these accusations and denied any involvement of the country in the attack against the former president.
The person who had provided this information was CNNfrom where they reported that the Secret Service had a “source” weeks ago with information about a plot to assassinate the presidential candidate. According to Kanani, the accusations made by the American television network are “malicious“.
Assassination of Donald Trump: Iran’s response to accusations of its involvement
“There are evil political objectives behind such statements.“the official said on Wednesday. He then stressed that Tehran “is determined to prosecute the former president for his role in the assassination of the former Iranian commander of the Oods Forces, Ghassem Soleimaniin Baghdad in January 2020, but has never been and will never be involved in any armed attack against him“.
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Also, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravanirejected the aforementioned accusations against Tehran, calling them “unfounded” and “politically motivated.”
Accusations against Iran after the attack on Donald Trump
Quoting a government national security official, a journalist from CNN had assured that the United States Secret Service and Trump’s campaign I was already aware of the plot before the electoral event.
Secret Service spokesman, Anthony Guglielmitold the network that the agency recently “added resources and protective capabilities to the former president’s security team.”
In recent days, following the attack on Trump, the Secret Service has been the focus of hundreds of criticisms since the sniper was able to access a roof that was not being guarded and was able to shoot from there directly at the former president, causing an injury to his ear. A Republican supporter present at the event was killed in the incident and two other people were injured.
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