Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian denied that Iran ever plotted or intends to plot the assassination of Donald Trump He called claims of such schemes “a fabrication” designed to promote “Iranophobia” during an exclusive interview with NBC News. He emphasized that Iran has never attempted to kill Trump, despite allegations made by U.S. authorities about a murder-for-hire plot linked to the death of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani. The Justice Department charged an Iranian man with plotting to kill Trump during his 2020 presidential campaign. Tensions between the U.S. and Iran rose during Trump’s first term, especially after his withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal and subsequent reimposition of sanctions.
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00:02Iranian President Massoud Pajikstan denied that Iran ever plotted or intends to plot
00:07the assassination of Donald Trump. He called claims of such schemes a fabrication,
00:12designed to promote Iranophobia, during an exclusive interview with NBC News.
00:16He emphasized that Iran has never attempted to kill Trump, despite allegations made by U.S.
00:20authorities about a murder-for-hire plot linked to the death of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani.
00:26The Justice Department charged an Iranian man with plotting to kill Trump
00:30during his 2020 presidential campaign. Tensions between the U.S. and Iran
00:34rose during Trump's first term, especially after his withdrawal
00:38from the 2015 nuclear deal and subsequent reimposition of sanctions.