Iran Denies Involvement in Assassination Attempts Against Trump

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has denied any involvement in alleged plots to assassinate former U.S. President Donald Trump, citing legal action for the 2020 assassination of a prominent Iranian general by a U.S. drone, the state-run IRNA news agency reported Wednesday.

IRNA quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani as saying 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 pursue legal action against Trump for his direct role in the crime of assassinating Martyr General Qassem Soleimani.” Soleimani was the commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force and was killed in a U.S. drone attack in Baghdad in January 2020.

A threat against Trump’s life from Iran prompted heightened security measures in the days leading up to Saturday’s campaign rally, but it was unrelated to the assassination attempt on the Republican presidential nominee, two U.S. officials said Tuesday.

Iran’s ambassador to the U.N., Amir Saeid Iravani, on Tuesday dismissed the accusations against Tehran as “baseless” and “politically motivated.”