Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has denounced “a fabricated scenario” of an assassination attempt against US President-elect Donald Trump, saying that the path forward begins with respect.
Araghchi made the remarks in a post on X on Saturday, a day after the US Justice Department claimed that Iran backed a plot to kill Trump just weeks before the November 5 election.
“The American people have made their choice and Iran respects their right to elect the president of their choice. The path forward is also a choice. It begins with respect,” Araghchi said.
Pointing to the assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran just hours after he attended the inauguration of new Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Araghchi suggested that the accusation against Iran of plotting to assassinate Trump right before he is elected has been made to serve the same purpose.