President Donald Trump said the US has 1,000 missiles aimed at Iran and thousands more ready, and that the military is prepared to 'completely destroy and devastate all areas of Iran' for a period of one year if the Iranian government attempts to assassinate him. The statement expands on his earlier warning from Saturday morning.
President Donald Trump escalated his rhetoric against Iran early Saturday, threatening to 'completely destroy and devastate all areas of Iran' for a period of one year if Tehran attempts to assassinate him. The statement, which said 1,000 missiles are already aimed at the Islamic Republic with thousands more ready, follows an earlier warning at 06:52 Jerusalem time in which Trump said the US had missiles locked and loaded. The new threat explicitly ties the military posture to assassination attempts, a detail absent from the earlier statement. The White House has not issued an official confirmation of the remarks, which were reported via the source.
The threat is the latest in a series of escalating statements from Trump regarding Iran. At 07:08 Jerusalem on Friday, Trump warned that the US has 1,000 missiles locked, loaded, and aimed at Iran, and that the military is ready to completely destroy the country for a year if Tehran attempts to assassinate him, concluding with the Arabic phrase 'Praise be to Allah' (Alhamdulillah). Earlier on Friday, Trump told the New York Post that he has been on Iran's target list for years and has left standing orders for a massive retaliatory strike, saying the US would 'bomb them at levels they've never seen before.' The initial reports of a new Iranian assassination plot were denied by Trump, contradicting a Wall Street Journal report.
As The Zioneer reported on Thursday, Trump was set to receive an intelligence briefing on Iran at 19:00 Jerusalem time, with a White House source saying the US was preparing for prolonged exchanges. The escalation follows weeks of heightened tensions, including US strikes near Tehran and Trump's threats to 'bomb the shit out of' Iran.
The authenticity of the latest statement has not been independently confirmed by the White House, and it remains unclear whether the threat represents a formal policy directive or a rhetorical escalation.
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- Internal intake