Trump says U.S. will wipe out Iran if it assassinates him

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President Donald Trump speaks during a property   briefing astatine  the White House successful  Washington, connected  January 20, 2026.

President Donald Trump speaks during a property briefing astatine the White House successful Washington, connected January 20, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP

President Donald Trump said Tuesday (January 20, 2026) that the U.S. volition hitch retired Iran if the state assassinates him.

“I person precise steadfast instructions — thing happens, they're going to hitch them disconnected the look of this earth,” Mr. Trump said successful an interrogation connected NewsNation's “Katie Pavlich Tonight”.

Iran connected Tuesday (January 20, 2026) warned Mr. Trump not to instrumentality immoderate enactment against the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, days aft the U.S. President called for an extremity to Khamenei's astir 40-year reign.

“Trump knows that if immoderate manus of aggression is extended toward our leader, we not lone chopped that manus but besides we volition acceptable occurrence to their world,” General Abolfazl Shekarchi, a spokesperson for Iran's equipped forces, said.

Mr. Trump had antecedently said he's fixed his advisors instructions to obliterate Iran if the state is down an assassination of him.

Published - January 21, 2026 07:35 americium IST

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