'Scriptwriters Brought In To Manufacture Third-rate Comedy': Iran Denies Involvement In Trump Assassination Plot

Days after an Iranian man was charged in the alleged plot to kill Donald Trump, Tehran dismissed any connection to the incident, saying that a "new scenario is fabricated" to complicate the issues between the US and Iran. Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi also said that Iran respects the right of the American people to elect the President of their choice. "The path forward is also a choice. It begins with respect," Araqchi said.“Now … a new scenario is fabricated … as a killer does not exist in reality, scriptwriters are brought in to manufacture a third-rate comedy," Araqchi said in a post on X.He also denied allegations that Iran is working to create nuclear weapons.“Iran is NOT after nuclear weapons, period. This is a policy based on Islamic teachings and our security calculations. Confidence-building is needed from both sides. It is not a one-way street," he added.Earlier, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei also denied his country's involvement in the alleged murder plot on Trump and described the US Justice Department report as "completely baseless".Baghaei said similar accusations made against Tehran in the past have been "firmly denied and proven false", Fox News reported.He accused Israel of "malicious conspiracy" to further complicate the issues between the US and Iran".Earlier on Friday, the Justice Department pressed criminal charges in a thwarted Iranian plot to kill Trump before this week's presidential election.The department alleged that an unnamed official in Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard instructed a contact this past September to put together a plan to surveil and ultimately kill Trump.The suspect, identified as Farjad Shakeri, was allegedly told that Iran would pause its plan to kill Trump until after the presidential election if he failed to execute the plan. The official believed Trump would lose and it would be easier to assassinate him then, the complaint said.The plot reflects what federal officials have described as ongoing efforts by Iran to target US government officials, including Trump, on US soil.