In mid-October, Iran sent a written message through Swiss diplomats saying it would not attempt to kill. Donald TrumpAccording to the US official.
The official said the message came after the Biden administration sent a warning through Switzerland that they would treat an assassination attempt against Trump as an act of war.
Washington’s private message echoed public warnings from the Biden administration about the potentially dire consequences of an assassination attempt.
The The Wall Street Journal first reported about Iran’s message.
Since Iran and the US do not have official diplomatic relations, Switzerland manages US diplomatic interests in Tehran.
Iran’s UN mission declined to comment on Friday.
In July, the Biden administration received intelligence about a Iranian He hatched an assassination plot against Trump, prompting the Secret Service to beef up security for his campaign.
Last week, the Ministry of Justice brought charges against the Iranian with a plot to assassinate Trump as part of an assassination-for-hire scheme.
According to the criminal complaint, this person was instructed by an official of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps military and counter-intelligence agency. recognized as a terrorist organization by the first Trump administration to prepare a plot to assassinate Trump by mid-October.
He told the official that if he didn’t have a plan by then, the IRGC would “stop the plan to kill.” [Trump] “Until after the US presidential election,” they said, because they believed he would lose and then it would be easier to target him, the complaint alleges.
The deadline appears to coincide with the time of the message sent to Switzerland.
The Justice Department said the assassination was part of Iran’s efforts to avenge the death of a top general. Qasim Soleimani In 2020, during Trump’s first term as president. Trump ordered the shooting down of the US drone that killed Soleimani in Baghdad.
Trump’s campaign was informed of the Iranian assassination attempt in September, and his spokesman, Steven Cheung, called the plot “an attempt to destabilize and sow chaos in the United States.”
Iran’s foreign minister last week denied his country’s involvement in the conspiracy, calling the allegations “fabricated” and a “heinous conspiracy.”
Trump is injured attempted assassination July in Butler, Pennsylvania. Officials have found no connection between the shooter and Iran’s plan in this case.
Trump’s election campaign also accused Iran hack attempt in June, and US agencies later confirmed that Iran was behind attempts to compromise the presidential campaigns of both parties.
Iran has denied the accusations, with its ambassador to the UN telling the state-run Fars news agency in September that the accusations were “completely baseless, without any credibility or legitimacy” and “in no way acceptable”.