Senior Iranian officials threaten to assassinate Trump and Netanyahu
According to Channel 14 Israel, military commanders and IRGC officials in Iran declared on Wednesday and Thursday their intention to target US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The report states these declarations followed directives from Mojtaba Khamenei to the armed forces to expand the list of targets without geographical limitations. Kiumars Heidari, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, told state television, "We are determined to kill Trump and Netanyahu as long as we live." Simultaneously, IRGC commander Mohammad Reza Naqdi warned that if the enemy takes any aggressive action, they will suffer lethal blows in various parts of the world. Mohsen Rezaee, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, added that if the US resumes attacks, American military bases in Europe and remote islands would be targeted, warning that any country hosting US forces would face military consequences. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, told Al Jazeera that Tehran is determined to end the current situation through military deterrence, noting that Washington has yet to officially respond to Iran's seven conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz and resuming talks.