Iran has given a written letter to the Joe Biden administration that it does not intend to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump, the New York Times reported citing the US and Iranian officials. The communication was sent to Washington in October after the Biden administration warned Iran in September that any attempt on Trump's life would be considered "an act of war," the NY Times reported.
The Iranian regime's assurance is seen as an attempt to ease tensions with the Western country.
The US had expressed grave concerns over potential retaliation by Tehran for the killing of a senior military commander on the orders of then-President Trump. Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, was killed in a drone strike outside Baghdad International Airport on January 3, 2020.
Last week, US prosecutors charged in an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Trump and a prominent dissident Iranian-American journalist, The Times of Israel reported.
Trump faced two assassination attempts this year, including a shooting at a campaign rally when a bullet grazed his ear.
A man identified as Farjad Shakeri has been arrested in connection with the case. The 51-year-old allegedly masterminded a murder-for-hire operation in coordination with the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).