Iran told Biden administration it won't try to assassinate President-elect Trump: report

In an antithetic assurance to the Biden medication past month, Iran promised it would not assassinate Donald Trump successful a concealed speech intended to easiness tensions, U.S. officials told the Wall Street Journal, according to a Friday report. 

The assurances reportedly came successful a written message to the medication connected Oct. 14, aft the White House successful September said it would instrumentality immoderate effort connected Trump’s beingness arsenic a superior nationalist information that would reportedly "be treated arsenic an enactment of war."

IRAN DENIES INVOLVEMENT IN TRUMP ASSASSINATION PLOT OUTLINED IN DOJ REPORT: 'MALICIOUS CONSPIRACY'

President Joe Biden meets with President-elect Donald Trump successful the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, successful Washington.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Department of Justice past week outlined allegations levied astatine Tehran that elaborate a crippled by an Iranian cause to assassinate the erstwhile president from the run trail.

The allegations came aft a Pakistani man progressive successful an Iranian murder-for-hire scheme was charged by national prosecutors successful August with plotting to termination Trump.

Fox News Digital could not instantly scope the White House for remark connected however it volition enactment pursuing the department’s charges past week.

Iran has agelong said it would question revenge for the 2020 sidesplitting of its apical subject commander and main of Iran’s Quds Force, Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated aft past President Trump directed the U.S. subject to termination him successful Iraq.

Iranian Quds Force commandant Qassem Soleimani (C) attends Iranian ultimate person Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's (not seen) gathering with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) successful Tehran, Iran connected September 18, 2016. (Press Office of Iranian Supreme Leader/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

IRAN DENIES INVOLVEMENT IN TRUMP ASSASSINATION PLOT OUTLINED IN DOJ REPORT: 'MALICIOUS CONSPIRACY'

Soleimani has since been dubbed a leader and a martyr. 

In effect to the quality that Iran has since pledged not to assassinate the present president-elect, the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations told Fox News Digital, "We bash not contented nationalist statements connected the details of authoritative messages exchanged betwixt the 2 countries."

"The Islamic Republic of Iran has agelong declared its committedness to pursuing Martyr Soleimani’s assassination done ineligible and judicial avenues, portion adhering to the recognized principles of planetary law," the Mission added. 

Republican statesmanlike nominee, erstwhile U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to talk during an predetermination nighttime lawsuit astatine the Palm Beach Convention Center connected November 6, 2024, successful West Palm Beach, Florida.  (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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The White House has not publically commented connected the report, and Fox News Digital could not instantly scope Trump’s modulation squad for the president-elect’s absorption to it. 

The Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, appeared to dismiss the Department of Justice’s allegations, calling the claims "third-rate comedy" earlier this week.