Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi insisted on Saturday that his country did not orchestrate an assassination attempt on former and incoming United States President Donald Trump.
"Now, with another election, a new scenario is fabricated with the same goal: as a killer does not exist in reality, scriptwriters are brought in to manufacture a third-rate comedy. Who can in their right mind believe that a supposed assassin SITS IN IRAN and talks online to the FBI [Federal Bureau of Investigation]?!" the diplomat tweeted. He insisted that Tehran respects the US citizens' electoral choice and is open to dialogue, stressing that "Iran is NOT after nuclear weapons, period."
Earlier this week, the FBI was reported to have charged Farjad Shakeri with receiving instructions from Iran to try to assassinate Trump in an attempt that did not come to materialize. Later, the Iranian Foreign Ministry rejected the claims, describing them as a "malicious conspiracy orchestrated by Zionist and anti-Iranian circles."
