2024-07-19 08:18:27
The authorities of USA They detected a plan of Iran to assassinate the former president Donald Trump.
In this regard, they stated that US intelligence agencies had access to information detailing a plot to assassinate the Republican politician and candidate for the November elections.
This plan against Trump It would have been designed weeks before the attack suffered by the former president last Saturday.
However, US intelligence sources have clarified that there is no link between this Iranian plan and the assassination attempt that occurred last weekend during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, when a 20-year-old man shot the former president, wounding him in the ear and killing another man who attended the political event.
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National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson revealed that Iran has been threatening US officials for years, in revenge for the attack that Trump ordered in 2020 that ended the life of General Qasem Soleimani, former head of the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
It is worth mentioning that in recent days, the United States Secret Service has reinforced the security of former President Donald Trump following the attack in Pennsylvania.
Watson added that they have been following Iran’s threats against the former president and former Trump administration officials for years.
“These threats stem from Iran’s desire to avenge the death of Qasem Soleimani. We consider this matter of national security to be of the highest priority.”he added, while revealing that former senior officials of the Trump administration involved in that operation currently have bodyguards.
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