{"id":2578175,"date":"2026-03-10T12:06:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-official-threatens-trump-be-careful-not-to-get-eliminated-yourself\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:08:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:08:42","slug":"iranian-official-threatens-trump-be-careful-not-to-get-eliminated-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-official-threatens-trump-be-careful-not-to-get-eliminated-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian official threatens Trump: &#8216;Be careful not to get eliminated yourself&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Firanian-official-threatens-trump-be-careful-not-to-get-eliminated-yourself%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=2578175&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>Iran\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-natsec-adviser-casts-doubt-on-w-h-o-report-on-pandemic-origin-china-refuses-to-turn-over-data\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s NatSec Adviser Casts Doubt On W.H.O. Report On Pandemic Origin: China Refuses To Turn Over Data\">top national security official<\/a>, Ali Larijani, warned Donald Trump in a post on X that Iran \u201cdoesn\u2019t fear your empty threats\u201d and cautioned the president to \u201cbe careful not to get eliminated yourself.\u201d The message comes as tensions with Iran persist into a second week of military actions and counter-threats.<\/p>\n<p>Larijani, the secretary of Iran\u2019s National Security Council, reinforced a posture of vigilance amid U.S. strikes-over 5,000 targets reportedly-aimed at degrading Iran\u2019s military capabilities. U.S. officials have also warned that domestic threat levels have risen, noting Iran\u2019s network of terrorist cells beyond its borders. The exchange fits a pattern of Iranian officials issuing threats against Trump in recent years, including assassination threats circulated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-wont-lift-iran-sanctions-until-they-stop-uranium-enrichment-still-wants-to-rejoin-deal\/\" title=\"Biden won\u2019t lift Iran sanctions until they stop uranium enrichment, still wants to rejoin deal\">state media<\/a> and comments from other Iranian figures. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >broader context includes ongoing political<\/a> and legal responses,such as the DoJ\u2019s 2024 indictments of three individuals linked to an alleged Iranian-led plot to kill Trump.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Iranian National Security Chief threatens Trump: &lsquo;Be careful not to get eliminated yourself&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2528131\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran<\/a>&lsquo;s top <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/national-security\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"8754\">national security<\/a> leader threatened President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> in a social media post on Tuesday, as the war with Iran stretches into its second week.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Iran doesn&rsquo;t fear your empty threats. Even those bigger than you couldn&rsquo;t eliminate Iran. Be careful not to get eliminated yourself,&rdquo; Ali Larijani posted <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/alilarijani_ir\/status\/2031324064199962900?s=20\">on X<\/a>, responding to an image of a Truth Social post from Trump. The translation of the X post from Arabic is according to the <em>Associated Press<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4486313\/split-polling-trump-aides-assessment-iran-conflict-support-naomi-lim\/\">&#8216;Split&#8217; polling counters Trump aides&#8217; assessment of Iran conflict support: Naomi Lim<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4486115\/rubio-afghanistan-state-sponsor-of-wrongful-detention\/\">Rubio designates Afghanistan state sponsor of wrongful detention over US detainments<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4485623\/king-charles-urged-cancel-state-visit-trump-iran-war\/\">British lawmaker wants King Charles to cancel trip to US over Iran war<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Larijani, the Secretary of Iran&rsquo;s National Security Council, also threatened Trump over the weekend, saying Trump must &ldquo;pay the price&rdquo; for Operation Epic Fury, according to CNN.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have no idea what he&rsquo;s talking about or who he is. I couldn&rsquo;t care less,&rdquo; Trump said in response over the weekend, according to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/live-news\/iran-war-us-israel-trump-03-10-26?post-id=cmmkjlthu00003j6t7so39omk\">outlet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. military has struck <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/2031141236107509958?s=20\">over 5,000<\/a> targets and significantly undercut the capabilities of Iran&rsquo;s military. But the regime has a network of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4415194\/islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps-global-threat-without-ali-khamenei\/\">terrorist cells<\/a> spanning beyond the nation&rsquo;s borders, and U.S. officials have <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/national-security\/4476757\/iran-retaliation-threat-us-security\/\">warned that domestic threat levels<\/a> have increased.<\/p>\n<p>Larijani is the latest Iranian official to make an apparent <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/threat\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3577\">threat<\/a> on Trump&rsquo;s life. War Secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pete-hegseth\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1991\">Pete Hegseth<\/a> announced last week &mdash; the first week of Operation Epic Fury &mdash; that the U.S. military killed an unnamed Iranian official allegedly behind a 2024 plot to assassinate Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian officials and Iranian state media issued several ominous statements and foreboding images threatening Trump over the past year amid spiking tensions with the U.S. In July 2025, Larijani&rsquo;s brother, Javad Larijani, a senior adviser to former<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\">&nbsp;<\/a>Supreme Leader Ayatollah <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ali-khamenei\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2865\">Ali Khamenei<\/a>, threatened Trump&rsquo;s safety.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trump has done something that he can no longer sunbathe in Mar-a-Lago. As he lies there with his stomach to the sun, a small drone might hit him in the navel,&rdquo;  Javad Larijani <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3466522\/javad-larijani-iranian-ayatollah-khamenei-drone-attack-trump\/\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2026, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4422656\/iran-state-tv-issues-trump-assassination-threat\/\">Iran&rsquo;s state TV <\/a>issued another assassination threat against Trump, using images from the attempted assassination of Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. The video&rsquo;s caption read, &ldquo;This time, it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-continuous-media-covid-fear-mongering-may-backfire-and-diminish-democrat-voter-turnout\/\" title=\"The Continuous Media COVID ... Mongering May BACKFIRE and Diminish Democrat Voter Turnout\">won&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t miss,&rdquo; referring to the bullet.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-votes-on-major-security-upgrade-will-fine-members-5k-for-bypassing-metal-detectors\/\" title=\"House Votes On Major Security Upgrade, Will Fine Members K For Bypassing Metal Detectors\">security detail<\/a> has been responding to Iranian threats of aggression toward the president for several years. During Trump&rsquo;s first term, the regime targeted the American president after he ordered the killing of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps general Qassem Soleimani and pulled out of former President Barack Obama&rsquo;s Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear agreement with Iran.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4486264\/iran-war-parliament-leader-vows-military-response\/\">IRAN PARLIAMENTARY LEADER VOWS MILITARY RESPONSE IN SIGN REGIME WON&rsquo;T BACK DOWN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Department of Justice <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3224076\/three-men-indicted-iranian-plot-kill-trump-before-election\/\">indicted three people<\/a> in November 2024 in connection with the alleged Iranian-led plot to kill Trump before the election.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> has reached out to the White House for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian security chief warns Trump: beware elimination<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2578176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26002355356956.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3817,3823,4104,3634],"class_list":["post-2578175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-diplomacy","tag-iran","tag-threat","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26002355356956.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578175","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\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2578175"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2578180,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578175\/revisions\/2578180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2578176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2578175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2578175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2578175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}