President Trump warned that the US would launch a massive one-year military campaign with over 1,000 missiles against Iran if Tehran carries out an assassination attempt on him, according to reports. The threat follows credible intelligence of Iranian plots to assassinate Trump.
President Donald Trump escalated his rhetoric against Iran Saturday evening, threatening to launch a year-long military campaign involving over 1,000 missiles if Tehran attempts to assassinate him. The warning, reported by multiple outlets, follows a day of escalating statements from the president and marks the latest in a series of threats that have intensified over the past 24 hours.
On Friday, The Zioneer reported a series of escalating statements from Trump, all published at 07:08 Jerusalem, including that he had left standing orders for massive retaliation, that 1,000 missiles were "locked, loaded, and aimed" at Iran, and that the U.S. military was prepared to "completely destroy all areas of Iran" for a year if he were assassinated. On Saturday, at 11:03 Jerusalem, Trump said missiles were "ready to fire" and threatened thousands more if assassinated. Hours later, at 16:41 Jerusalem, sources close to the administration reported that the U.S. is preparing a large-scale strike involving over 1,000 Tomahawk missiles if Iran does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz—a claim that has not been independently corroborated.
The new threat frames the potential retaliation as a "one-year military campaign," echoing the earlier one-year destruction language but now specifically conditioning a sustained campaign on an assassination attempt. The Zioneer has reported extensively on Trump's escalating rhetoric against Iran in recent weeks, including threats to "militarily complete the job" (Jun 28, 09:04 Jerusalem), a demand for a nuclear deal or forceful uranium seizure (Jun 8, 04:44 Jerusalem), and a threat to "wipe out" Iran's infrastructure (Jun 9, 22:34 Jerusalem).
It remains unclear whether the president's remarks reflect an operational plan or a rhetorical escalation. The timeline for the threatened campaign—"one year"—was not elaborated, and the authenticity of some earlier reported directives, such as the alleged instruction to "wipe out Iran," had not been independently confirmed.
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