Iran Plots Assassination of Trump

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Iran plotted to assassinate former President Donald Trump in recent weeks, U.S. authorities told CNN in a July 16 report. Unrelated to the failed assassination attempt against Trump by 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks on July 13, the plot prompted the Secret Service to provide the Republican nominee with increased protection. Iran denied the allegation. Tehran has previously pledged to avenge the death of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) military commander Qassem Soleimani, whom the United States killed in 2020 at Trump’s direction. CNN’s report came as Iran’s acting foreign minister, Ali Bagheri Kani, reportedly expressed interest in resuming talks with Washington over the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal.