Iran On Tuesday, he dismissed as “baseless” and “malicious” US intelligence claims that the Persian country had hatched an assassination plot. Donald Trumpweeks before the failed attack that took place last Saturday and had nothing to do with it.

A source at Iran’s mission to the UN – the only official Iranian channel in the US since there are no diplomatic relations – denied the allegations in statements to EFEalthough he stressed that “Trump is a criminal who must be held accountable and punished in court.“.

The crime the source refers to is the 2020 US drone strike on Iranian General Qasem Soleimani (during Donald Trump’s presidency) in Baghdad; Soleimani was the commander of the Quds Force.an elite corps of the Revolutionary Guard of Iran and as such one of the highest-ranking military personnel in Iran.

“Iran has chosen legal means to hold (Trump) accountable,” the source concluded.

As stated EFE a senior US national security official when intelligence agencies uncovered the Iranian plan weeks ago, The White House warned of danger added to both the Trump campaign and the Secret Service, which took additional steps to protect the former president.

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This was reported by the official representative of the National Security Council, Adrienne Watson. EFE What Iran has been threatening US officials for years in retaliation for the attack Trump ordered in 2020 that killed General Qassem Soleimani.

“As we have stated repeatedly, we have been monitoring Iranian threats against former Trump administration officials for many years. These threats stem from Iran’s desire to avenge the death of Qassem Soleimani. We consider this a matter of national security. “of the highest priority,” Watson stressed.EFE)