U.S. officials have warned more than a half dozen former national security officials from the Trump administration that Iran’s assassination threats against them are serious and will likely never go away as long as the Islamic regime is in place.
The threats, including the ones against former President Donald Trump, stem from the administration authorizing the drone strike that killed Qassem Soleimani in January 2021.
Soleimani, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force (IRGC-QF), was the powerful general in Iran. He was viewed as the second most powerful figure in the country behind Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and was viewed by Khamenei like a son.
A new report from Politico revealed that the plots against the officials are “even more extensive and aggressive than previously reported,” according to interviews with a dozen officials about the threats.
“This is extraordinarily serious,” said Matt Olsen, the Justice Department’s assistant…