As the call for revenge on US President Donald Trump reverberated during the funeral ceremony of Iran's former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, a report has said that Iran is forming a death squad to target Trump.
As per a report that appeared on Israel Channel 14, Israel has intelligence that suggests the IRGC Quds Force has established a new unit called “Mukhtar” to plan attacks against US officials, including Trump.
The report also claimed the unit is cooperating with Mexican cartels and some Iranians living abroad as part of efforts to carry out assassination operations. However, it didn't reveal the source of the intelligence.
This comes as chants calling for the death of Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dominated the funeral ceremony of Khamenei.
A senior advisor to the leader declared on Iranian television that people will avenge the blood of Khamenei. "The murderers of the martyred Imam will not die a natural death, and the people will avenge his blood. The regime will avenge his blood. It is impossible to imagine that the murderers of the leader will live and the world will continue to turn. Revenge must be taken," he added.
According to Iranian media, a group of senior commanders in the Iranian armed forces sent a letter to the new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, expressing their willingness to "avenge the blood of the martyred leader" and act against the "suspects of murder" – Trump and Netanyahu. In the letter they published, they pledged full loyalty to the new leader and pledged to "act until the last drop of their blood" to achieve revenge and "destroy the enemies." The signatories to the letter include senior commanders in the army, the Revolutionary Guards, and the Iranian Ministry of Defence.
Hardline Iranian newspapers also called for avenging Ali Khamenei’s killing on Monday, with some demanding that those responsible for his death be targeted. The ultraconservative Asr-e Iranian (Age of Iranians), a newspaper close to the Paydari Party, devoted its front page to the demand, using the headline: “Blood for blood.”
The newspaper added that revenge was both “the right of the people and the duty of officials.” Another hardline publication, Nobonyad (Nascent) carried a similar message, asking: “Why shouldn’t we kill the one who killed our leader?”
