As mourners in Tehran call for death to the American president, Iran allegedly plots to assassinate Trump
Iran has allegedly been plotting to assassinate President Donald Trump for years, with the country's supreme leader previously posting an animated video depicting Trump's death. The FBI has investigated several Iranian plots to kill Trump and others, resulting in the arrest of an Iranian posing as a businessman. Trump has alluded to the threat on his life from Iran during the NATO summit in Turkey, stating that he is their number one target.
- ▪Iran's supreme leader posted an animated video depicting Trump's death in 2022
- ▪The FBI investigated several Iranian plots to kill Trump and others in 2022
- ▪Israel has shared new intelligence with the US indicating a fresh Iranian plan to kill Trump
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TRUMP: ‘I’M THEIR NUMBER ONE TARGET’: Iran has been fantasizing about assassinating President Donald Trump for years, ever since Trump ordered the drone strike that killed Quds force commander Qasem Soleimani in 2020. In 2022, Iran’s now-deceased supreme leader posted an animated video depicting an autonomous ground vehicle, stalking and killing Trump on his golf course in Florida. Two years later, the FBI investigated several Iranian plots to kill Trump and others including his former national security adviser John Bolton in the run-up to the 2024 election, resulting in the arrest of an Iranian posing as a businessman, who was subsequently convicted of trying to hire hit men at the behest of the Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps.
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