Iranian state TV has aired a threat to kill Donald Trump as the President reportedly plans strikes on the US.
Iran issued a grisly threat against President Trump on Wednesday, broadcasting a picture of the commander-in-chief during the 2024 Butler, Pa., rally assassination attempt — with the words “This time it will not miss the target,” The New York Post reported. The warning was aired on Iranian state-run TV and marks Tehran’s most direct threat yet against Trump, following his repeated threats that the US will strike the country if it continues its brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters, the newspaper also wrote.
This came after officals cliamed Donald Trump is likely to launch a strike on Iran in the next 24 hours. The US is reported to have evacuated troops from its largest base in the Middle East, amid fears the regime will retaliate.
NBC reports that hundreds of troops are being moved from Qatar’s al Udeid Air Base to other bases in the Middle East. Sources told the broadcaster that this is to put them out of harm’s way, in case Iran decides to retaliate against an American attack.
President Trump has repeatedly threatened to intervene in support of protesters in Iran, where thousands are reported to have been killed in a brutal crackdown on demonstrations against clerical rule.
Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, said on X [Twitter]: “The President of America, who repeatedly mentions the futile story of aggression against Iran’s nuclear facilities, would do better to also mention the plowing of the American AlUdeid base by Iranian missiles. It will certainly help in creating a real understanding of Iran’s will and capability to respond to any aggression.”
Protests in Iran began on December 28 over the ailing economy and have transformed into the most significant challenge to the regime for several years. The internet and telephone lines have been cut off, but footage of events in Tehran and other cities has made it to social media.
Crowds have frequently been heard chanting slogans against the country’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. There are has also been an outbreak of support for Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran’s late former shah (king).
The regime has responded with a brutal and vicious crackdown, gunning down demonstrators and reportedly killing over 2,000 people.
