Media reports cited U.S. officials regarding intelligence indicating Iranian plotting to target former U.S. president and 2024 Republican nominee Donald Trump, who was injured in a 13 July assassination attempt. A spokesperson for the National Security Council indicated that ongoing investigations had “not identified ties between the shooter and any accomplice or co-conspirator”, while noting: “We have been tracking Iranian threats against former Trump administration officials for years... We consider this a national and homeland security matter of the highest priority”. Iran’s government maintained that “these accusations are unsubstantiated and malicious”.