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Iran calls accusations of plot to kill Trump 'unsubstantiated and malicious'
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The Secret Service ramped up security following an alleged plot by Iran to kill former President Trump, but Iran's Permanent Mission to the U.N. called the claim "unsubstantiated and malicious."
Louis Casiano is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to louis.casiano@fox.com.
The plot doesn't appear to be connected to Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, the gunman who shot Trump during his campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, over the weekend, the sources said.
The Secret Service increased its protection detail assigned to Trump because of the intelligence. The agency had grown concerned about the former president holding outdoor events and expressed its concerns to the Trump campaign.