Trump's life in danger? Iran official issues shocking threat, says drone can hit US president in...
Donald Trump's life under danger: In a chilling warning that has taken the world by storm, a senior Iranian official Javad Larijani, a close advisor to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, has threatened former US President Donald Trump on Television. The threat comes amid escalating US–Iran tensions over Trump's role in the 2020 killing of IRGC commander Qassem Soleimani and recent U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. Is Donald Trump's life under danger?
'Trump has done something that he can no longer sunbathe in Mar-a-Lago. As he lies there with his stomach to the sun, a small drone might hit him in the navel. It's very simple', Larijani said on Iranian state television, as per a report by London-based Iran International.
'Any regime or individual threatening the leaders of the Islamic Ummah and acting on those threats qualifies as a Muharib,' Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi, a top figure in Shia Islamic jurisprudence wrote, according to the Tehran Times. Why are these warnings being taken seriously?
The warnings are being taken seriously across the world as the US Department of Justice revealed that Iranian agent Farhad Shakeri was charged with plotting to assassinate then President-elect Donald Trump. According to DOJ filings, Shakeri was acting on behalf of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Trump and Netanyahu meet in Washington amid Gaza ceasefire talks
US President Donald Trump and visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met here on Tuesday for the second time in as many days to discuss the ongoing war in Gaza. The meeting comes after Trump's Middle East envoy Steven Witkoff said Israel and Hamas could be close to agreeing on a 60-day ceasefire deal.
As per a report carried by BBC, Netanyahu arrived at the White House for the meeting, which was not open to members of the press. Earlier, Netanyahu met US Vice President J.D. Vance.
The ongoing Gaza war began on October 7, 2023 when Hamas attacked Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages, according to Israeli figures. Israel's retaliatory offensive has killed at least 57,500 in Gaza according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.
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