Heightened Iranian Threat Against Trump Prompted More Security Ahead of Assassination Attempt

WASHINGTON-The Biden administration in recent weeks determined there was an increased threat from Iran against former President Donald Trump that was serious enough to prompt additional security measures for the former president, a U.S. national security official said on Tuesday.

The threat had no apparent connection to the attempted assassination of the former president in Pennsylvania on Saturday by a gunman identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks, U.S. officials said. Instead, it was part of ongoing attempts by Iran to retaliate for the January 2020 U.S. drone strike that killed Qassem Soleimani, feared leader of Iran's Quds Force, which is responsible for Iran's covert military operations abroad.


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