Trump briefed on alleged assassination threats by Iran, his campaign says
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Trump briefed on alleged assassination threats by Iran, his campaign says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was briefed on Tuesday by US intelligence officials on 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 regarding 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 that intelligence officials have identified that Iranian threats have "heightened in the past few months" and U.S. government officials were working to protect Trump and ensure the elections were not impacted.
Trump said later on his Truth Social site there were "big threats" on his life by Iran, adding Iranian moves did not succeed "but they will try again."
Iran has previously denied US claims of interfering in American affairs. Iran's permanent mission to the United Nations in New York did not respond to a request for comment late on Tuesday.
An ODNI spokesperson acknowledged the briefing on Tuesday but declined to address any specifics.
Earlier this month, a Pakistani man with alleged ties to Iran pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from an alleged plot to assassinate an American politician in retaliation for the 2020 killing by the US of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani.
The defendant named Trump as a potential target but had not conceived the scheme as a plan to assassinate the former president, according to a person familiar with the matter.
