Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warned the US against the risk of a war against Iran, reaffirming that Tehran was not seeking to curb its nuclear program or acquire weapons of mass destruction. In an NBC News interview on Tuesday,

Iran's leader made the claim less than a week before the president-elect returns to the White House. In his first term, Trump took a tough line on Iran.

Tehran, IRNA- Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, in an interview with the American television network NBC, stressed that the Islamic Republic never hatched plans to assassinate anyone, including Donald Trump and will never do so.

Iran “never” plotted to assassinate Donald Trump during last year’s US election campaign and never will in the future,

Iran never plotted to kill Republican U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in an NBC News interview on Tuesday, denying past claims from Trump and the U.S. government.

Speaking with NBC News’ Lester Holt, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian denied his government plotted to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump last year.

Iranian operatives were charged with hacking the Trump campaign in September. Last November, Justice Department official