Iran made an unusual commitment to the Biden administration last month, pledging not to assassinate President Donald Trump in a secret exchange aimed at easing tensions, according to a report Friday, a U.S. official told Wall Street. told the Journal.
guarantee A written message was reportedly received. The White House requested the administration on October 14, after announcing in September that any attempt on President Trump's life would be taken as a matter of serious national security concern and would reportedly be “treated as an act of war.”
Iran denies involvement in Trump assassination plot outlined in Justice Department report: 'malicious plot'
President Joe Biden meets with President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
The Justice Department last week released a summary of allegations in Tehran detailing a plot by Iranian agents to assassinate the former president from his campaign destination.
The allegations come after a Pakistani man involved in an Iranian murder-for-hire plot was indicted by federal prosecutors in August on charges of plotting to kill President Trump.
Fox News Digital was unable to immediately reach the White House for comment on what action it would take following the department's accusations last week.
Iran has long said it would seek retaliation for the killing of Qassem Soleimani, Iran's top military commander and commander of the Quds Force, who was assassinated in 2020 after then-President Trump ordered U.S. forces to kill Soleimani in Iraq. I've done it.
Qasem Soleimani (C), commander of Iran's Quds Force, attends a meeting between Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in Tehran, Iran, on September 18, 2016. (Spokesperson of the Supreme Leader of Iran/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Iran denies involvement in Trump assassination plot outlined in Justice Department report: 'malicious plot'
Since then, Soleimani has been called both a hero and a martyr.
Following news that Iran has since vowed not to assassinate the next president, the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations told FOX News Digital, “We will not be issuing any public statements regarding the details of the official message.” exchanged between the two countries. ”
“The Islamic Republic of Iran has long expressed its determination to pursue the assassination of Martyr Soleimani through legal and judicial means, while adhering to recognized principles of international law,” the mission added.
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 6, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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The White House has not publicly commented on the report, and FOX News Digital was not immediately able to reach the Trump transition team for the president-elect's response to it.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said: seemed to dismiss The Justice Department earlier this week called the allegations “third-rate comedy.”
