President Trump has issued Iran a grave warning of what will happen if they assassinate him.
On February 4, the leader made a bold statement, claiming that a plan is in place to “obliterate” Iran if it attempts to assassinate him.
This follows the Justice Department’s claim that it had prevented an Iranian-backed murder for hire plan against the 78-year-old in November of last year.
Authorities were told about the alleged assassination scheme by Farhad Shakeri, who is still at large in Iran.
A criminal complaint revealed that the 51-year-old had received direct orders from a contact in Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard to perform the crime within seven days.
However, he allegedly told the FBI through recorded telephone interviews that he couldn’t pull off the assassination in that timeframe, meaning it was postponed until after Trump was elected.
Iranian officials have denied any involvement in the plan.
Foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei has dismissed the allegation and warned that this could “further complicate the issues between the US and Iran,”.
Earlier this week, Trump told reporters at the Oval Office that Iran was “too close” to obtaining a nuclear weapon. “With me, it’s very simple: Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon,” he wrote.
However, he revealed that he was open to negotiating with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to avoid “a very catastrophic situation,”.
If an attack were executed, JD Vance would be sworn in as president.
However, he would not be legally required to follow through on any pre-existing orders left by Trump, as reported.
