Iran said in a written message, before the election, that it would not seek to kill then-candidate Donald Trump, according to U.S. officials.

The message from Iran was delivered to the United States on Oct. 14, but was not previously reported, according to The Wall Street Journal on Friday.

It came after a private written warning was sent from the United States to Tehran in September, reflecting the Biden administration’s public messaging that threats against Trump were a top national security issue and that it would treat any attempts on the former president’s life as an act of war.

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