DUBAI, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi denied U.S. charges that Tehran was linked to an alleged plot to kill Donald Trump and called on Saturday for confidence-building between the two hostile countries.

Iran Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said the DOJ report was a conspiracy orchestrated by 'Zionist and anti-Iranian circles.'

Iran signalled an openness towards Donald Trump Saturday, calling on the US president-elect to adopt new policies towards it after Washington accused Tehran of involvement in a plot to kill him. Vice President for Strategic Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif ...

Iran hired a hitman to assassinate Donald Trump weeks before the presidential election, the US said on Friday as it announced criminal charges against three suspects.

The Justice Department on Friday disclosed an Iranian murder-for-hire plot to kill Donald Trump, charging a man who said he had been tasked by a government official before this week's election with planning the assassination of the Republican president-elect.

Iran has denied its involvement in an alleged plot to assassinate United States President-elect Donald Trump. An Afghanistan national has been charged by the US Justice Department in connection to the plan.