Tehran, Iran — Iran has rejected the accusations plans to assassinate former US President Donald Trump, while citing legal action over the killing of a respected general by a US drone in 2020, state news agency IRNA reported on Wednesday.
IRNA quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani as saying that Iran “strongly rejects any involvement in the recent armed attack on Trump or claims about Iran’s intention for such an action.”
Kanaani added: “The Islamic Republic of Iran is determined to take legal action against Trump for his direct role in the crime of killing martyr General Qassem Soleimani.” Soleimani was the commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and was killed in a US drone strike in Baghdad in January 2020.
A threat on Trump’s life from Iran prompted extra security in the days leading up to Saturday’s campaign rally, but the threat was unrelated to the attempted assassination of the Republican presidential candidate, two U.S. officials said Tuesday.
Iran’s ambassador to the UN, Amir Saeid Iravani, on Tuesday rejected the accusations against Tehran as “baseless” and “politically motivated.”