What Evidence Supports Claims That Iran Plotted to Assassinate Trump?
Israel has made it apparent that it intends to assassinate Iran’s supreme leader. Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz stated Thursday that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “can no longer be allowed to exist,” days after U.S. President Donald Trump declared in public that the United States is aware of Khamenei’s whereabouts but is delaying executing him “for now.”
Another, depending on who you ask, isn’t so much. After Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) claimed that Iran has attempted—and continues to attempt—to assassinate Trump, former Fox News presenter Tucker Carlson said sharply, “I’ve never heard that before.” Carlson, one of the leaders of the anti-war faction within the contentious MAGA right, facetiously added, “If that’s true, we should attack Iran right away.”
Cruz maintained that “nobody disputes” that Iran is attempting to murder Trump, even though he doesn’t believe that the U.S. military striking Iran or executing Khamenei would be the best course of action in response to the threat against the American president. After the interview, Cruz wrote on X, “It’s an objective fact.”
Despite Trump’s political campaigns against military actions aiming at “regime change,” a U.S. attack on Iran, possibly targeting Khamenei, may still be imminent. However, unless an Iranian murder plot succeeds, it is unlikely to be in revenge.
Trump claimed earlier this year that if Iran assassinated him, he has ordered the state to be destroyed.
He said to reporters in February, “That would be a terrible thing for them to do.” “Not due to me. They would be destroyed if they did that. Then it would be over. They will be obliterated if they follow my directions. Nothing will remain after this.
Iran has a history of carrying out unsuccessful assassination plots abroad, usually aimed against Iranian dissidents. After Trump ordered the assassination of Gen. Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Quds Force of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, in January 2020, Iranian authorities have also been threatening to kill Trump for years.
However, Iran has denied ever targeting Trump, even as the United States has indicted potential assassins.
Last July, Politico reported that the U.S. intelligence agency had gathered more evidence that Iran was actively preparing plots to assassinate Trump. Iran has not been connected to any of the assassination attempts on Trump that summer in Butler, Pennsylvania, or West Palm Beach, Florida, despite the fact that the shooter in the latter case publicly endorsed Iran. However, at about the same time, Asif Merchant, a 46-year-old Pakistani national, was detained in Texas and accused of attempting to assassinate prominent American politicians or officials, maybe including Trump, purportedly on Iranian orders.
At the time, a representative for Iran’s UN Mission told CNN, “We have not received any reports on this matter from the U.S. Government.” “However, it is clear that the aforementioned method of operation runs counter to the Iranian government’s policy of bringing General Soleimani’s killer to justice.”
Trump’s team claimed to have informed him on “specific and real threats from Iran to assassinate him” in September.
Trump wrote on social media, “Iran has made serious threats against my life.” The whole American military is waiting and observing. Iran has already made unsuccessful attempts, but they will try again.
According to U.S. officials who spoke to the Wall Street Journal in October, Iran reacted to the Biden Administration’s September warning through Switzerland that an effort to murder Trump would be viewed as an act of war by saying that it would not seek to do so.
The Justice Department filed charges against Farhad Shakeri, a 51-year-old Afghan national, in November 2024, following Trump’s election. Shakeri was reportedly assigned by Iranian officials to put together a plan to spy on and kill Trump.
On X, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote, “A new scenario is fabricated.” “The decision has been made by the American people. Additionally, Iran respects their freedom to choose the president they want. There is also an option in the way forward. Respect is the first step. Esmaeil Baghaei, a spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry, said the accusations were a part of Israel’s “repulsive” plan to undermine ties between the United States and Iran.
In January, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told NBC that Iran “never attempted” and “never will” to assassinate Trump.
“This is just another one of those plots that Israel and other nations are putting together to incite anti-Iranian sentiment,” Pezeshkian stated. Iran has never tried to kill someone and has no plans to do so. At least from what I understand.
In a Fox News interview on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who derailed the U.S.-Iran nuclear talks by attacking Iran last week and is allegedly attempting to persuade Trump to approve more direct U.S. military intervention in the conflict, asserted that Iran deliberately sought to kill Trump because he is “decisive” and “forceful.”
According to Netanyahu, “they want to kill him.” “He is the biggest enemy.”
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