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00:02Iranian President Massoud Pajikstan denied that Iran ever plotted or intends to plot
00:07the assassination of Donald Trump. He called claims of such schemes a fabrication,
00:12designed to promote Iranophobia, during an exclusive interview with NBC News.
00:16He emphasized that Iran has never attempted to kill Trump, despite allegations made by U.S.
00:20authorities about a murder-for-hire plot linked to the death of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani.
00:26The Justice Department charged an Iranian man with plotting to kill Trump
00:30during his 2020 presidential campaign. Tensions between the U.S. and Iran
00:34rose during Trump's first term, especially after his withdrawal
00:38from the 2015 nuclear deal and subsequent reimposition of sanctions.
