The Islamic Republic denied a U.S. National Security Council report on Wednesday that accused the theocracy of planning to assassinate former President Donald Trump.
The state-controlled INRA quoted the regime’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Nasser Kanaani, who asserted that his government “strongly rejects any involvement in the recent armed attack on Trump or claims about Iran’s intention for such an action.”
While maintaining that Tehran is not interested in killing the now-Republican nominee for president, Kanaani clarified that his government is “determined to pursue legal action against Trump for his direct role in the crime of assassinating Martyr General Qassem Soleimani.”
The spokesperson was referring to the January 2020 elimination of the leader of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ elite Quds Force, Qasem Soleimani, in a drone strike in Baghdad that was ordered by the former president.
The accusations were also rejected by the Islamic Republic’s ambassador to the United Nations, who described the NSC announcement to the Associated Press as “baseless” and “politically motivated.”
