Iran has strongly denied that it had planned to assassinate US President-elect Donald Trump, following an accusation on Friday by the US Justice Department. In a statement on Saturday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said the claim is “completely unfounded and baseless.” Baghaei said similar accusations had been made in the past and that their repetition in the current period was a “vile conspiracy” aimed at further complicating relations between the United States and Iran. A few weeks ago, Trump’s campaign team announced that it had been informed by the US Secret Service ab…