Iranian state TV issued an assassination threat against President Donald Trump, broadcasting footage of the July 13, 2024, Butler shooting.
Several accounts on X posted a clip from Iranian state TV, with the camera focusing on a sign held by a pro-government protester. The poster featured an image of Trump at Butler just after the assassination attempt, with the caption reading, “This time, it (the bullet) won’t miss.”
When reached for comment, a Secret Service spokesman told the Washington Examiner that the agency was “aware” of the threat, but “out of concern for operational security, [they] do not discuss matters of protective intelligence.”
Iran has issued numerous assassination threats against Trump over the past six years, but the most recent one holds more weight due to the elevated tensions, triggered by Iran’s brutal crackdown on widespread protests.
One of its most recent threats came from Mohammad-Javad Larijani, a former senior adviser to Ayatollah Ali Khomeini, during the 12 Day War last year, threatening a drone strike against the president at Mar-a-Lago.
“Trump has done something so that he can no longer sunbathe in Mar-a-Lago,” he said in an interview with state TV. “As he lies there with his stomach to the sun, a small drone might hit him in the navel. It’s very simple.”
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In January 2022, Khomeini published a computer-generated video of a drone assassinating Trump while he was golfing.
The specific targeting of Trump came after his order to assassinate former Quds Force leader Qassem Soleimani in January 2020, a decision that would later prove devastating for the Islamic Republic after it was deprived of his charismatic leadership during the loss of conflicts with Israel after Oct. 7, 2023.
