US receives intelligence on Iranian plot to assassinate Trump amid heighten security: Report

By Servet Gunerigok

WASHINGTON (AA) - The US recently received intelligence from a human source regarding an Iranian plot to assassinate former President Donald Trump, according to a report Tuesday.

CNN, citing multiple people briefed on the matter, said the intelligence prompted the Secret Service to step up security around the former president in recent weeks.

It said that there is no indication linking Thomas Matthew Crooks, the deceased gunman who attempted to kill Trump, to the Iranian plot.

Law enforcement officials have been worried for months about a continued threat of Iran potentially attempting to assassinate former Trump administration officials and the former president, said the network.

Iran has repeatedly threatened retribution for the US killing of Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the Iranian military’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, in January 2020.

Trump, who is seeking reelection, was the subject of an attempted assassination during a rally in the US state of Pennsylvania on Saturday. He had an injury to his right ear.

The former president made his first appearance since the assassination attempt on Monday at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.