WATCH: State Dept Official Grilled On White House Calling Iran's Plot To Kill Trump 'Credible'

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State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel was asked about the White House describing an Iranian plot to assassinate Trump as 'credible'.

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00:00Yeah.

00:01The White House this morning said that the threat is credible.

00:05So if it's credible – getting back to Nick's original question – what actions

00:10are you taking to, first of all, deter it, second of all, to make Iran pay a price?

00:13So in – and answering – I addressed this when speaking to Nick's question, Alex.

00:17I'm not going to speak to actions from up here.

00:21I'm not going to preview to them.

00:22That would be not in the interest of our national security.

00:27What I can say, though, is that we will not hesitate to take appropriate action to hold

00:32the Iranian regime accountable and to ensure that we're doing whatever is necessary

00:37to protect our people, including former officials, and to protect our interests from threats

00:43that are emanating from Iran.

00:44As simple as that.

00:45Has he discussed with Rishad the Iranian new leadership?

00:48I'm just not going to – I don't have any – I don't have any diplomatic conversations

00:53to read out.

00:54But we've made this message – we've made this message quite clear.

00:59I have two more questions.

01:00Different topics.

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WATCH: State Dept Official Grilled On White House Calling Iran's Plot To Kill Trump 'Credible'

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