Thomas Matthew Crooks – Eye on Islamism

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 […]

Islamist terror leader calls for Trump, JD Vance assassinations over pro-Israel views in disturbing video: ‘Take revenge’

June 10, 2025 Joe Marino and Emily Crane

(NY Post) The leader of a heinous Islamist terror group has called for President Trump and scores of his top advisers to be assassinated as revenge for their pro-Israel stances, the Post has learned. Sa’ad bin Atef al-Awlaki, the newest leader of […]

Inside Trump’s Iran fear

February 9, 2025 Alex Isenstadt

(Axios) Iran’s threat to assassinate Donald Trump during the 2024 campaign was far more serious than publicly known — and led to extraordinary precautions by his team that included using a decoy plane to avert a feared attempt on his life. Why […]

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 […]

Pakistani man with Iran ties pleads not guilty in alleged murder-for-hire plot to assassinate US politicians Asif Merchant arraigned on terrorism, murder-for-hire charges

September 16, 2024 Danielle Wallace

(Fox) A Pakistani national with alleged close ties to Iran pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges accusing him of plotting to have U.S. politicians assassinated on U.S. soil. Asif Merchant, also known as “Asif Raza Merchant,” pleaded not guilty at his […]

Muslim-American group that celebrated Hamas attack hopes to have 40+ members in Congress in 10 years

September 11, 2024 Kassy Akiva

(Daily Wire) The head of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), who publicly praised Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel, outlined a plan to help elect 40-50 members to Congress in a sermon last month, MEMRI reported. CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad […]

Pakistani national with ties to Iran charged in connection to a foiled assassination plot potentially targeting Trump

August 6, 2024 Evan Perez and Hannah Rabinowitz

(CNN) The Justice Department has charged a Pakistani man who has alleged ties to the Iranian government with seeking to carry out political assassinations, a case that prompted the US government to increase security for former President Donald Trump and other officials, according to court documents […]

Rise in people fascinated by violence, police warn

July 31, 2024 Steve Swann

(BBC) The threat from international and domestic terror presents a “breadth of challenge greater than it has ever been,” according to senior US and UK police officers who oversaw the successful prosecution of Anjem Choudary. The Islamist preacher from east London is […]

CAIR honcho and ‘Squad’ donor suggests Israel behind suspected Iranian plot to assassinate Trump Nihad Awad said last year he was 'happy to see' Hamas's Oct. 7 attack on Israel

July 17, 2024 Chuck Ross

(Free Beacon) The executive director of the anti-Israel Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) pushed the baseless claim that the Jewish state is behind a suspected Iranian plot to assassinate former president Donald Trump. Nihad Awad asserted that reports of Iran’s plans to […]

Secret Service ramped up security after intel of Iran plot to assassinate Trump; no known connection to shooting

July 16, 2024 Evan Perez, Zachary Cohen, Natasha Bertrand, Kylie Atwood and Kristen Holmes

(CNN) US authorities obtained intelligence from a human source in recent weeks on a plot by Iran to try to assassinate Donald Trump, a development that led to the Secret Service increasing security around the former president, multiple people briefed on the matter told CNN. […]