The U.S. military took out Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during Operation Epic Fury, a campaign that decapitated the Islamic nation’s regime.
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.
During a news briefing at the Pentagon, Hegseth revealed that “yesterday, the leader of the unit who attempted to assassinate President Trump has been hunted down and killed.”
He added that “Iran tried to kill President Trump, and President Trump got the last laugh.”
Hegseth confirms that Iran tried to assassinate Trump and that those who attempted to do so have been hunted down and killed.pic.twitter.com/2ExUk447xK
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial)March 4, 2026
Hegseth also told reporters that killing the mastermind of the would-be assassination on March 3 was “not the focus of the effort by any stretch of the imagination,” per areportfrom Axios.
But he said that “if we had the opportunity to get at those who are trying to get at Americans specifically, we would.”
Axios noted that the Justice DepartmentchargedFarhad Shakeri, 51, back in 2024 over an alleged assassination attempt with Trump as the target.
Shakeri was identified as an Afghan national living in Iran.
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