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President Donald Trump says he has left instructions to his advisors on how to obliterate Iran if he is assassinated by a Tehran plot. Speaking at the Oval Office as he signed an Executive Order targeting Iranian oil supplies , Trump said, "If they did that, they would be obliterated. That would be the end.
I've left instructions." Trump described his order on Iran as a "very tough" directive aimed at putting "maximum pressure" on the U.S.
adversary as it develops its nuclear capabilities . Terror map shows all countries in the world with nuclear weapons Chilling North Korea warning as Kim Jong-un builds 'unshakable' new alliance Trump said of Iran's nuclear developments, "They can't have a nuclear weapon. We'd be very tough if they insist on doing that.
" The announcement comes after the president met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss Gaza and Iran. Trump on Iran possibly assassinating him: "If they did that, they would be obliterated. That would be the end.
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com/oEaSMs1tbZ — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 4, 2025 Federal authorities have been keeping tabs on Iranian threats against Trump and other officials for years since Trump ordered the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, leader of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force, in 2020. Officials tracked a threat on Trump's life from Iran just days before Trump escaped death after being shot at in July during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. Authorities do not believe Iran was connected to that assassination attempt.
However, in November, the Justice Department reported that it had foiled a suspected Iranian plot to kill Trump ahead of the election. DON'T MISS..
. Iran warns of 'disaster' if 'crazy' attack on their nuclear facilities Donald Trump's 5-word threat as China 'assists Iran's nuclear weapons program Iran 'testing combat robots' in new war exercise as wounded regime ramps up The DOJ claimed that Iranian officials tasked Farhad Shakeri, 51, with surveilling and assassinating Trump in September. Shakeri, an Afghan national, told the FBI that he was given a week to devise a plan on behalf of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, according to a criminal complaint unsealed in federal court in Manhattan.
Shakeri, who has spent time in U.S. prison for robbery, has been accused of being an Iranian government asset involved in murder-for-hire and surveillance, per the complaint.
Iran has denied the allegations and believes the plot was orchestrated by the pro-Israel network to complicate Iran-U.S. relations, foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said.
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