In his first interview with foreign media since the 2020 US Presidential election, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian denied any involvement in a plot to assassinate then-candidate Donald Trump. The Justice Department charged an Iranian man in November 2020 with attempting to hire a hitman to kill Trump and two others.
The Justice Department in November charged an Iran ian man in an alleged murder-for-hire plot to assassinate then-candidate Donald Trump and two others. Asked about the reported plot against Trump outlined by U.S. authorities, Iran ian President Masoud Pezeshkian said: “This is another one of those schemes that Israel and other countries are designing to promote Iran ophobia. ... Iran has never attempted to nor does it plan to assassinate anyone. At least as far as I know.
” Asked if Iran is willing to promise that there will be no attempt on Trump’s life, Pezeshkian said, “We have never attempted this to begin with and we never will.” This interview marks the Iranian president’s first with foreign media since the U.S. presidential election. It was conducted with a government interpreter present and translating in real time. NBC News reviewed the translation independently, and where there are discrepancies this article relies on the independent translation. U.S. authorities said the plot was part of Iran’s efforts to avenge the death of a top Iranian general, Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in Baghdad in a U.S. drone strike ordered by Trump during his first term in office. In mid-October of last year, Iran sent a written message via Swiss diplomats saying that it would not seek to kill Trump, according to a U.S. official. U.S. and European governments say Iran for years has sought to silence Iranians abroad who have criticized the regime. Iran’s top diplomat in London after Iranian journalists based in Britain were targeted for intimidation by Tehran. One journalist was stabbed in the leg in an attack blamed on Iran. Tehran denies the accusations. NBC Nightly News will air a full report later Tuesday on the interview, which covered a range of issues, including the ongoing war in the Middle East, Iran’s proxy forces in the region, women’s rights inside Iran and its nuclear program.
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