The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a declared terrorist organization that is also a branch of the Iranian military, allegedly never forgives nor forgets.
You may recall that in January of 2020, the IRGC was in the news when former President Donald Trump authorized a drone strike in Iraq that killed the organization’s leader, Major General Kasem Soleimani. This resulted in threats of violence and the erroneous downing of a commercial airplane by Iranian military. The Trump administration continued to maintain its position.
Now, in a new video posted to the social media platform Telegram, channel administrators have vowed to assassinate former President Trump and other key U.S. defense officials by any means possible.
Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) was the first to report the footage.
“On January 9, 2023, the IRGC-affiliated ‘SEPAHCYBERY’ Telegram channel published an animated video depicting an evidence board with photos of former U.S. President Donald Trump and several top U.S. defense officials,” the report added.
“The video also featured footage of these officials, images of various weapons (including guns, explosives and poison), footage and images from crime scenes, and a caption that reads: ‘The perpetrators of general Soleimani martyrdom will be punished for their actions. We will determine how and when to punish. Coming soon …’ The video ends with an image of the IRGC’s logo and the IRGC’s official Telegram handle.
“The U.S. officials shown on the evidence board are: former National Security Advisor Robert C. O’Brien; Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley; former NSC MENA affairs director Robert Greenway; U.S. Cyber Command Commander Gen. Paul Nakasone; former Deputy National Security Advisor for MENA Affairs Victoria Coates; former Deputy National Security Advisor Matthew Pottinger; Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Vice Admiral Frank Whitworth; Joint Chiefs of Staff director Lt. Gen. Andrew Poppas; and former U.S. CENTCOM commander Gen. Kenneth McKenzie.”
The video, which is about two minutes in length, contains unsettling imagery:
WARNING: Some viewers may find the following video to be offensive due to its graphic content.
Kazem Gharibabadi, vice president of the Judiciary for International Affairs and general secretary of the country’s High Council for Human Rights, is one of the voices advocating for action. (Try to contain your sarcastic chuckle at this one.)
According to Newsweek, Gharibabadi stated on Tuesday that 94 U.S. citizens had been indicted in connection with the assault, and added that Washington is not working with them.
Trump, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and former U.S. Central Command Chief Kenneth McKenzie, he continued, were the “three principal defendants.”
He further stated that “no person will be immune from judicial proceedings.”
The day prior, the IRGC issued a statement declaring that “revenge against the perpetrators and killers of the martyr Soleimani as soon as possible is a definite and inviolable manner.”
In the meantime, Iranian Defense Minister Mohammad-Reza Gharaei Ashtiani stated that “avenging the blood of General Soleimani is on the permanent agenda of the country’s armed forces, and the commanders and perpetrators of this cowardly assassination will receive their disgraceful punishment at a time and place they do not even think about, and the Islamic Republic of Iran will determine its time and place.”
“The fingers of the soldiers of this land are on the trigger for that historical moment,” he added.
This is not the first time that Trump has been threatened with imprisonment by Middle Eastern nations. A few days earlier, the Iraqi supreme court issued a “warrant of arrest” for Trump in connection with the murder of Soleimani. Clearly, no expected outcomes are anticipated.
More on this story via The Western Journal:
The Biden administration says they’re taking the threats seriously — and not just because some of their own are apparent targets.CONTINUE READING…
