The message, sent through an intermediary, came after the Biden administration warned the US would consider any Iranian attempt on the life of Trump “an act of war”.
Iran sent a message to the Biden administration in October saying that it was not trying to kill Donald Trump, as Tehran attempted to ease rising tensions with Washington, according to United States officials, as well as an Iranian official and an analyst.
US officials have said that Iran sought to kill Trump in revenge for ordering the 2020 drone strike that killed Qassem Soleimani, the commander who directed Iran’s militias and proxy forces. The Department of Justice has issued two indictments that officials said were related to Iranian plotting against Trump.The officials interviewed for this story spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive diplomatic messages.
Federal prosecutors in New York said last week that Iranian plotters had discussed a plan to assassinate him, a claim that Iran’s Foreign Ministry called baseless. That assessment of a growing threat, combined with the attempts on Trump’s life, prompted both an intense security review and a diplomatic campaign to convince Iran that it was making a grave miscalculation, according to officials.
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