{"id":2578111,"date":"2026-03-10T09:46:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T13:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-military-took-out-iranian-who-was-planning-to-kill-trump\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T09:47:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T13:47:43","slug":"u-s-military-took-out-iranian-who-was-planning-to-kill-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-military-took-out-iranian-who-was-planning-to-kill-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Military Took Out Iranian Who Was Planning to Kill Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-military-took-out-iranian-who-was-planning-to-kill-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2578111&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The piece purports that the U.S. military conducted an operation called Epic Fury that eliminated Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and a separate Iranian operative accused of plotting to assassinate President Trump. At a Pentagon briefing, Secretary of War pete Hegseth allegedly said the assassination mastermind was hunted down and killed, and that Iran had attempted to kill Trump but the U.S. \u201cgot the last laugh.\u201d The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >article cites social media posts<\/a> and references Axios and The New York Times,noting that the Justice Department had charged Farhad Shakeri,an Afghan national in Iran,in 2024 over a Trump-targeted plot. it states the Iran campaign is progressing but stops short of declaring a mission accomplished, suggesting a broader U.S.-Israeli effort would soon constrain Iran. The piece also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/clinton-judge-releases-boy-5-and-his-father-from-ice-detention-makes-mistake-so-bad-on-order-this-may-be-the-first-time-its-ever-recorded\/\" title=\"Clinton Judge Releases Boy, 5, and His Father from ICE Detention, Makes Mistake So Bad on Order This May Be the First Time It&#039;s Ever Recorded\">includes embedded scripts<\/a>, ads, and references to unrelated incidents, presenting a provocative, unverified depiction of a confrontation with Iran. Note: The content appears unverified and relies on contested or undocumented claims; readers should consult reliable sources for confirmation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. military took out Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during Operation Epic Fury, a campaign that decapitated the Islamic nation&rsquo;s regime.<\/p>\n<p>But Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced on Wednesday that military assets also successfully killed an Iranian who was allegedly plotting to assassinate President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>During a news briefing at the Pentagon, Hegseth revealed that &ldquo;yesterday, the leader of the unit who attempted to assassinate President Trump has been hunted down and killed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He added that &ldquo;Iran tried to kill President Trump, and President Trump got the last laugh.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hegseth confirms that Iran tried to assassinate Trump and that those who attempted to do so have been hunted down and killed. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2ExUk447xK\">pic.twitter.com\/2ExUk447xK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPostMillennial\/status\/2029184612312703262?\">March 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); 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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hegseth also told reporters that killing the mastermind of the would-be assassination on March 3 was &ldquo;not the focus of the effort by any stretch of the imagination,&rdquo; per a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/03\/04\/iran-assassination-plot-trump-leader-killed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from Axios.<\/p>\n<p>But he said that &ldquo;if we had the opportunity to get at those who are trying to get at Americans specifically, we would.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Axios noted that the Justice Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/archives\/opa\/pr\/justice-department-announces-murder-hire-and-related-charges-against-irgc-asset-and-two\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">charged<\/a> Farhad Shakeri, 51, back in 2024 over an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/independent-outlet-claims-putin-regime-tried-to-censor-zelensky-interview\/\" title=\"Independent Outlet Claims Putin ... Tried to Censor Zelensky Interview\">alleged assassination attempt<\/a> with Trump as the target.<\/p>\n<p>Shakeri was identified as an Afghan national living in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>He had told U.S. authorities that he was ordered on Oct. 7, 2024, to carry out the attack, per the Justice Department.<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth did not name the individual killed by U.S. forces on March 3, but said military assets were able to take out the leader &ldquo;from the air.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Under the leadership of President Trump, the rogue Iranian Terrorist Regime that sought to harm Americans is being completely crushed.<\/p>\n<p>Killing these brutal terrorists is good for America.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump will always put the safety and security of the American people first. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sxGExmFkGY\">pic.twitter.com\/sxGExmFkGY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec\/status\/2029305316882407905?\">March 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The apparent Iranian plot was not linked to the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, during which Trump was nearly killed, nor with another attempt on Trump&rsquo;s life at his golf course in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>More broadly, Hegseth made clear that the campaign in Iran was progressing well, but refrained from declaring a &ldquo;mission accomplished situation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is simply a reality check,&rdquo; he told journalists, per a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/04\/world\/middleeast\/trump-assassination-iran-hegseth.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The combination of U.S. and Israeli intelligence and combat power will control Iran and will control it soon,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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In a Pentagon briefing, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said American forces also killed an Iranian believed to be plotting to assassinate President Donald Trump. He stated that the leader of the group behind the Trump plot was hunted down and killed the previous day, adding that Iran had attempted to kill Trump and that Trump had the last laugh. Hegseth confirmed both the attempted assassination and the removal of those responsible.<\/p>\n<p>The report noted that the Justice Department had charged Farhad Shakeri, an Afghan national living in Iran, in 2024 with involvement in an alleged assassination attempt targeting Trump, and that Shakeri had said he was ordered to carry out the attack. Hegseth did not name the person killed in the March 3 operation but said the leader was taken out from the air. He also stressed that the Iran campaign was making progress, while avoiding any claim that the mission was accomplished. He argued that the combined capabilities of U.S. and Israeli intelligence and military power would eventually bring Iran under control.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters framed the actions as part of President Trump\u2019s leadership, portraying the Iranian regime as being crushed and stating that eliminating these terrorists benefits the United States. They asserted that the operation was not connected to the Pennsylvania shooting near Trump\u2019s home or to another attempted attack on his Florida golf course. Officials also suggested the campaign was advancing, with a reality-check tone about the situation, indicating that American and Israeli intelligence and combat power would soon restrain Iran<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2578112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Michael-Featured-Image-779.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[75462,3823,23344,3634,72913],"class_list":["post-2578111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-assassination-plot-2","tag-iran","tag-national-security","tag-trump","tag-us-military-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Michael-Featured-Image-779.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2578111"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2578115,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578111\/revisions\/2578115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2578112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2578111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2578111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2578111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}