Trump Warns of Decimation If Iran Attempts Assassination
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President Trump warned he would 'decimate' Iran if it attempts to assassinate him, following intelligence about a plot tied to the funeral of Iran's slain supreme leader. Iran vowed revenge amid ongoing diplomatic efforts and shipping concerns in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Trump issued a detailed public threat of massive retaliation tied to reported intelligence on an Iranian plot, while funeral chants and new Supreme Leader statements signaled Iranian intent for revenge. Diplomacy over Hormuz access continues amid mutual accusations of agreement violations, with the credibility of the specific plot details resting on a single cited intelligence channel.
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The precise operational status of any Iranian plot remains limited to the single Wall Street Journal account of Israeli intelligence and has not been corroborated by additional governments or agencies. Casualty figures from the latest U.S. strikes, reported by Iranian health authorities as 17 killed and 115 wounded, received uneven mention. Shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz and their direct effect on global oil prices were referenced but not quantified across most accounts. The involvement of multiple mediators including Pakistan alongside Qatar and Oman appeared only in select dispatches.
President Donald Trump stated on Truth Social that the United States would respond with overwhelming force if Iran attempts to assassinate him. The post specified that 1,000 missiles are aimed at Iran, with thousands more to follow, and that military orders have been issued for a one-year period to decimate Iranian targets.
The statement followed a Wall Street Journal report citing Israeli intelligence shared with U.S. officials about a potential new Iranian plot. Trump had previously identified himself as Iran's top target during remarks at a NATO summit in Ankara. At the July 9 funeral of former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in February 28 U.S.-Israeli airstrikes, mourners displayed banners reading "We Will Kill Trump" and chanted similar threats.
Iran's new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, released a Telegram message on the day of the funeral ceremonies stating that avenging his father "must certainly" occur and pledging to avenge "the blood of the martyred leader" from "criminal and disgraced killers." Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Oman for talks on the Strait of Hormuz, where recent attacks on commercial vessels prompted U.S. strikes on Iranian targets and the revocation of an oil-sales waiver. Trump declared the prior ceasefire over while indicating that technical talks would continue.
The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned an alleged Iranian financial facilitator tied to regime elites. Iranian officials accused Washington of violating the June memorandum of understanding by imposing new sanctions and deploying additional forces. No independent confirmation of the specific assassination plot details beyond the cited intelligence sharing has appeared in other reporting.
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