Politics Iran rejects involvement in assassination plot against Trump
Iran has strongly rejected alleged assassination plans against Republican Donald Trump. The allegation is "completely unfounded and baseless", said Foreign Ministry spokesman Ismail Baghai according to a statement from his ministry. Similar accusations had already been made in the past. The spokesman described the repetition of this allegation in the current period as a "heinous conspiracy" aimed at further complicating relations between the USA and Iran.
09.11.2024, 09:05
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On Friday, the US Department of Justice accused Iran of planning Trump's assassination. Trump's election campaign team had already announced a few weeks ago that it had been informed by the US secret service "of real and specific threats from Iran to assassinate him". In this context, the US judiciary has brought charges against a 51-year-old man and two other men - they are also accused of plotting to assassinate an Iranian dissident. Arrest warrants have been issued for the men.
In his first term as US President, Donald Trump withdrew from the nuclear agreement with Iran, imposed new sanctions against the country and classified the Iranian Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization. In 2020, the US military killed Iranian General Ghassem Soleimani in a drone strike in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Trump's orders.
