The Iranian government would be entirely wiped out if it attempted to murder a high-ranking representative of the United States, President Donald Trump stated in an interview with Salem News Channel on Thursday. In response to a question about the potential killing of a senior U.S. official, Trump warned that if Tehran carried out such an attack, the country “will not exist very long any longer.”
The warning follows a series of escalations from Iranian officials, including a pledge by Deputy Chief of Staff Keyoumars Heydari to assassinate Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Security chief Mohsen Rezaei recently expanded Tehran’s list of potential targets to include U.S. military bases in Europe and West Asia, a move aligned with an Oct 31 order from Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei that granted Iran’s armed forces authorization to strike targets globally without geographical restrictions.
