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US and NATO allies warn of increasing Iranian threats in Europe, North America

July 31, 2025 Matthew Lee

(AP) The United States and many of its NATO allies are accusing Iran of a growing number of threats throughout Europe and North America and demanding that it end its attempts to harm dissidents and others. “We are united in our opposition […]

Iran nearly succeeded in orchestrating assassination of Mike Pompeo in Europe in 2022, book reveals Donald Trump and his top advisers, notably former secretary of state Pompeo, faced regular assassination threats after he left office in 2021, according to a forthcoming book.

June 27, 2025 Emily Davies

(Washington Post) Iran nearly succeeded in orchestrating an assassination of former secretary of state Mike Pompeo at a European hotel in 2022, and then-candidate Donald Trump and his campaign were told by intelligence officials last September that the longtime U.S. foe had […]

Trial date set for three men charged in Iranian assassination plots against Trump, dissident Farhad Shakeri, an 'asset of the Iranian regime,' allegedly plotted the assassination of Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad in addition to President Trump

June 25, 2025 Jon Levine

(Free Beacon) The three men charged in an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate President Donald Trump and an Iranian dissident on U.S. soil now have a trial date: March 9, 2026, federal judge Lewis J. Liman ruled from his courtroom in New York City on Tuesday. The […]

Trump’s executive order allows deportation of foreign Hamas supporters During his campaign, Trump pledged to pursue the deportation of foreign students participating in campus unrest and anti-Israel demonstrations who express solidarity with Hamas and Hezbollah.

January 21, 2025 Neta Bar

(Israel Hayom) President Donald Trump has enacted an executive order enabling the deportation of foreign students and other non-citizens from the US for expressing support for organizations that the US government has designated as terrorist groups. According to a key section in […]

Iran has a hit list of former Trump aides. The U.S. is scrambling to protect them Roughly a dozen national security aides from the Trump White House are feared to be [on] Iran’s hit list. It’s hard to protect them all.

October 11, 2024 John Sakellariadis

(Politico) U.S. officials are coming to a troubling realization about Iran’s repeated threats to kill Donald Trump and some of his former top generals and national security strategists: Tehran isn’t bluffing — and it isn’t giving up anytime soon. Iran has been […]

US Strategic Command hosts former Iranian official who bragged about efforts to assassinate US leaders [Hossein] Mousavian headlined STRATCOM's Deterrence Symposium

August 29, 2023 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) U.S. military leaders earlier this month hosted a former top Iranian official who came under fire last year for bragging about the hardline regime’s efforts to assassinate American leaders. U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) tapped [Hossein] Mousavian, a former member of […]

New Iran nuclear deal could allow Iranian terrorists into US Removal of sanctions on IRGC will permit terror-tied Iranians to enter the country

April 1, 2022 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) The Biden administration’s new nuclear accord with Iran is likely to include a loophole that will “allow Iranian nationals linked to terrorism to enter and stay in the United States,” according to a new Republican-authored policy analysis circulating on Capitol […]

Princeton faculty member brags about death threats against Trump admin envoy University Middle East expert [Hossein] Mousavian was a former Iranian official

January 9, 2022 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) A former Iranian official who is a faculty member at Princeton University recently bragged in an interview about how his hardline government’s death threats against a former top Trump administration official had him and his family “trembling” with fear. [Hossein] […]