Iran is escalating its threats against President Donald Trump, promising revenge for the death of Ali Khamenei.By World Israel News StaffIran’s new supreme leader has vowed to avenge the death of his father, Ali Khamenei, as Iranian officials and regime supporters openly threaten to assassinate President Donald Trump and other figures blamed for the former leader’s killing.Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei declared that Tehran was committed to avenging his father and others killed during the two wars with the United States and Israel.“Tehran is committed to avenging your blood and the blood of all those killed in the two wars,” Khamenei said in a message issued following his father’s burial. “This revenge is the will of our nation and it must be done soon.”Iranian state television described the revenge campaign as both a national demand and a religious mission, with Khamenei suggesting that Tehran could receive support from sympathetic forces around the world.The warning followed days of increasingly explicit assassination threats during funeral ceremonies for Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a joint US-Israeli strike on Feb. 28.Crowds carried banners declaring, “We will kill Trump,” while mourners chanted for revenge against the American president. At the Tehran procession, a large poster depicted Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as wanted men, with crosshairs placed over their images and the words “There will be blood” and “Kill Trump.”The public threats came as Israel reportedly provided Washington with new intelligence indicating that Iranian hardliners were considering a fresh attempt to assassinate Trump.According to The Wall Street Journal, the intelligence suggested that a new plot was being developed. Other US officials offered a more cautious assessment, saying the information may have concerned discussions among Iranian officials about killing Trump rather than a fully developed operational plan.Trump acknowledged the danger earlier in the week, saying he appeared on numerous Iranian assassination lists.“I’m on every list,” Trump said. “I saw this morning, I’m on every single one of their lists. And so far, I guess I’ve been a little bit lucky, but that maybe doesn’t last very long.”The threat reportedly prompted additional security precautions during Trump’s recent trip to Turkey. The president unexpectedly returned aboard an older Air Force One aircraft rather than the newly renovated jet that had transported him there. Reports said the switch was recommended by the Secret Service as a precaution, although Trump denied that it was connected to a security concern.Iran has threatened Trump for years over his decision during his first term to order the 2020 strike that killed Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani. Tehran has also previously targeted former senior Trump administration officials, including former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, former national security adviser John Bolton and former Iran envoy Brian Hook.The death of Ali Khamenei, however, appears to have given the regime a new justification for escalating its revenge campaign. Iranian officials, state-controlled media and government supporters have portrayed retaliation as a national and religious obligation that remains separate from any ceasefire or diplomatic negotiations.Trump responded Friday by warning that any attempt to assassinate him would trigger a devastating American military response.“1000 Missiles are Locked and Loaded and aimed at the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. He said thousands more could immediately follow if Tehran attempts to kill the sitting US president.Trump added that the US military was “ready, willing, and able” to “completely decimate and destroy all areas of Iran.”Despite the escalating threats, the United States and Iran continued sending conflicting signals about negotiations.Trump said Iran’s leadership had asked Washington to continue talks, even after he declared that the ceasefire was over following renewed Iranian attacks against vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.“The Islamic Republic of Iran has asked us to continue ‘talks,’” Trump wrote. “We have agreed to do so, but the United States has stated to them, in no uncertain terms, that the Cease Fire is OVER!”Iran denied requesting renewed negotiations. The regime-linked Fars News Agency cited a source close to the negotiating team as saying talks would not resume until Washington backed down from its positions.The United States is also demanding that Iran stop attacking vessels and permit unrestricted, toll-free shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi traveled to Oman for talks over a possible mechanism governing ship traffic through the strategic waterway. However, Iran’s threats to avenge Khamenei’s death—and the intelligence concerning a possible plot against Trump—have raised serious questions about whether meaningful diplomacy can continue while Tehran openly discusses assassinating the American president.The post Iran vows revenge for Khamenei’s death as fresh plot to kill Trump emerges appeared first on World Israel News.