Greg Kelly’s segment on Newsmax landed like a thunderclap for anyone who still believes the world is safe. He highlighted fresh revelations that Iran has not only been hostile in rhetoric, but actively plotting against President Donald J. Trump — the sort of brazen threat no free nation should tolerate. For patriots who pay attention, this is not theater; it’s a cold reminder that our enemies mean what they say.
Federal filings make the danger painfully concrete: on November 8, 2024 the Justice Department unsealed complaints describing an Iran-linked network and an operative, Farhad Shakeri, who admitted the IRGC tasked him to produce a plan to surveil and kill Trump. The complaint says the IRGC explicitly directed Shakeri to focus on Trump, even discussing timelines and ample funding for the operation. This is not idle bragging in state media — it is a documented criminal scheme targeting an American president.
Congressional and Secret Service records show the threats were treated seriously by counterterrorism professionals, who briefed leaders after arrests and unsealed complaints revealed Iranian intent. The Senate’s review of the July 2024 assassination attempt and related intelligence makes clear multiple plots and operatives were identified before the 2024 election cycle concluded. Americans deserve the facts: enemies abroad conspire to kill our leaders, and our protective apparatus has repeatedly warned about Tehran’s reach.
Let’s call this what it is — a pattern of aggression from an theocratic regime that has funded proxy murder squads and celebrated violence while pretending to be a diplomatic partner. Any American who values life and liberty should be outraged that a hostile foreign power even contemplated targeting a U.S. president. The proper response is not equivocation or moralizing lectures; it is strength, clarity, and swift justice when plots are uncovered.
Tehran predictably denied the allegations, issuing boilerplate statements that fall flat next to the evidence and the testimony in U.S. courts. While the regime’s mouthpieces try to dodge responsibility, multiple independent reports and law enforcement actions show Iran’s intelligence apparatus has repeatedly sought to eliminate opponents and meddle in our politics. We cannot treat those denials as anything other than propaganda when the paperwork and recordings tell a very different story.
The American people and their leaders must react with the seriousness this threat demands. Protect the president, dismantle the networks that facilitate foreign assassinations, and stop pretending appeasement will keep us safe — it will not. If our government will not defend its own leaders and citizens with unflinching resolve, then every patriotic American should demand policies that put American security first and hold Tehran accountable for the murder plots it incubates.
