Trump reportedly warned of assassination attempt that allegedly originated in Iran

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was briefed Tuesday (24) by U.S. intelligence officials about alleged threats from Iran to assassinate him, Trump’s campaign said.

“President Trump was briefed earlier today by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence about real and specific threats from Iran to assassinate him in an effort to destabilize and sow chaos in the United States,” the campaign said in a statement.

The campaign said intelligence officials had identified that Iranian threats had “increased in recent months” and U.S. government officials were working to protect Trump and ensure the election was not affected.

Trump later said on his Truth Social website that there were “major threats” to his life from Iran, adding that the Iranian measures had not been successful “but they will try again.”

Iran has previously denied U.S. allegations of interference in American affairs. Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations in New York did not respond to a request for comment late Tuesday.

Earlier this month, a Pakistani man with alleged links to Iran pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from an alleged plot to assassinate an American politician in retaliation for the US killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in 2020.

The defendant named Trump as a potential target but did not conceive of the scheme as a plan to assassinate the former president, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Federal authorities are separately investigating an apparent assassination attempt on Trump at his Florida golf course in mid-September and a July 13 shooting of the Republican presidential candidate at a rally in Pennsylvania. There has been no indication of Iranian involvement in either.

U.S. government agencies said last week that Iranian hackers sent emails containing material stolen from the former Republican president’s campaign to people involved in Democratic President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign, part of an alleged broader effort by Tehran to influence the U.S. election.

Biden withdrew as a candidate in late July and was replaced by Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, who faces Trump in a tight race for the Nov. 5 election.

In August, the United States accused Iran of launching cyber operations against presidential candidates. Iran has denied the allegations.

Tehran says Washington has interfered in its affairs for decades, citing events ranging from a 1953 coup against a prime minister to the 2020 assassination of its military commander in a drone strike.

This content was originally published in Trump reportedly warned about assassination attempt that allegedly came from Iran on the CNN Brasil website.

Source: CNN Brasil

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