Iran told the White House that they will not try to assassinate President-Elect Donald Trump. 

This comes after reports that Iran has been trying to do just that.

Iran, according to Fox News, made the promise - to the White House of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris - last month.

It is unclear why this was not reported at the time that it happened, which was mid-October - a couple of weeks before the 2024 presidential election.

Message revealed

According to Fox, Iran sent a written message to the White House on Oct. 14, 2024, and it appears that this message came in response to something that the White House told Iran.

"In an unusual assurance to the Biden administration last month, Iran promised it would not assassinate Donald Trump in a secret exchange intended to ease tensions . . ." the outlet reports.

It continues, "The assurances reportedly came in a written message to the administration on Oct. 14, after the White House in September said it would take any attempt on Trump’s life as a serious national security that would reportedly "be treated as an act of war."

Iran, of course, has been vowing to kill Trump ever since he, during his first administration, ordered the killing of Iran's top military commander, Qassem Soleimani, the chief of Iran’s Quds Force.

Ever since then, Iran has vowed to get Trump, one way or another.

Background

This new report comes after the U.S. Department of Justice charged an "Iranian asset" in connection with a plot to assassinate Trump.

"The Justice Department says it has thwarted an Iranian plot to kill President-elect Donald Trump in the weeks leading up to the election," Fox separately reports.

The outlet continues:

A criminal complaint filed in federal court in New York City says an unnamed official in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps had asked Farhad Shakeri, 51, of Iran, in September to "focus on surveilling, and, ultimately, assassinating, former President of the United States, Donald J. Trump."

The question now is whether Iran is sincere in its promise not to try to assassinate Trump. The answer is unclear.

Iran, in addition to its private message that it gave to the White House, has also released a public message on the matter, saying:

We do not issue public statements on the details of official messages exchanged between the two countries. The Islamic Republic of Iran has long declared its commitment to pursuing Martyr Soleimani’s assassination through legal and judicial avenues, while adhering to the recognized principles of international law.