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Iran foreign minister rejects plot to kill Trump, advises confidence-building with United States

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi rejected U.S. charges that Tehran was linked to a declared plot to kill Donald Trump and called on Saturday for confidencebuilding between the two hostile nations.

Now ... a brand-new scenario is produced ... as a killer does not exist in reality, scriptwriters are brought in to produce a third-rate funny, Araqchi stated in a post on X.

He was referring to the alleged plot which Washington said was bought by Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards to assassinate Trump, who won Tuesday's presidential election and takes office in January.

The American people have actually made their choice. And Iran aspects their right to choose the President of their choice. The path forward is also a choice. It begins with respect, Araqchi said.

Iran is NOT after nuclear weapons, duration. This is a. policy based upon Islamic mentors and our security estimations. Confidence-building is required from both sides. It is not a. one-way street, he included.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei. said previously that the claim was a repulsive plot by Israel and. the Iranian opposition outside the country to complicate. matters between America and Iran.

Iranian experts and insiders

have actually not dismissed

the possibility of a detente in between Tehran and Washington. under Trump, although without restoring diplomatic ties.

Iran will act based upon its own interests. It is. possible that secret talks in between Tehran and Washington take. place. If security threats against the Islamic Republic are. removed, anything is possible, Tehran-based expert Saeed. Laylaz stated today.

While facing off against arch-foe Israel, Iran's. clerical leadership is likewise concerned about the possibility of. a full-scale war in the region, where Israel is taken part in. disputes with Tehran's allies in Gaza and Lebanon.

(source: Reuters)