{"id":369845,"date":"2026-08-13T19:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T18:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-iran-really-trying-to-kill-us-president-donald-trump-the-global-story\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T19:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T18:00:26","slug":"is-iran-really-trying-to-kill-us-president-donald-trump-the-global-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-iran-really-trying-to-kill-us-president-donald-trump-the-global-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Iran really trying to kill US President Donald Trump? | The Global Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/sOedx4v6sMU\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Is Iran really trying to kill US President Donald Trump? | The Global Story\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sOedx4v6sMU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Last month, US President Donald Trump secretly swapped planes via a catering truck as he left a Nato summit in Turkey. The elaborate ruse, first reported by the Washington Post, was in response to a possible threat from Iran.<\/p>\n<p>But how serious were the US administration\u2019s fears of an assassination attempt? And does the Iranian regime have the capability to carry out such an operation beyond its borders?<\/p>\n<p>We speak to Parham Ghobadi, a senior reporter at the BBC\u2019s Persian Service, and Dan Lamothe of the Washington Post, to understand more about what transpired on Air Force One, the history of Iran\u2019s alleged assassination plots, and why the Iranian regime\u2019s prime target might be its own citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#DonaldTrump #Iran <\/p>\n<p>0:00 Is Iran really trying to kill Donald Trump?<br \/>\n1:31 Why did Trump secretly switch planes?<br \/>\n3:50 Was Trump worried about an Iranian assassination attempt?<br \/>\n5:07 How Trump secretly boarded a catering truck<br \/>\n8:26 Why was Air Force One used as a decoy?<br \/>\n9:09 How the Washington Post uncovered the story<br \/>\n10:46 What does Trump say about the threat?<br \/>\n12:30 Does Iran really want to assassinate Trump?<br \/>\n14:11 Why did Trump risk bombing Iran while in Turkey?<br \/>\n15:34 How serious is the threat from Iran?<br \/>\n17:19 Was there really a missile near the NATO summit?<br \/>\n18:20 Iran\u2019s history of assassinations abroad<br \/>\n20:43 The Iranian plots against Trump<br \/>\n23:24 Why Iranian dissidents are at risk<br \/>\n24:23 Why BBC Persian journalists fear for their lives<br \/>\n25:15 What it\u2019s like living under an assassination threat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, US President Donald Trump secretly swapped planes via a catering truck as he left a Nato summit in Turkey. The elaborate ruse, first reported by the Washington Post, was in response to a possible threat from Iran. But how serious were the US administration\u2019s fears of an assassination attempt? And does the Iranian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":369846,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128810],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-369845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bbc-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Is Iran really trying to kill US President Donald Trump? | The Global Story | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Is Iran really trying to kill US President Donald Trump? | The Global Story for free, here on News ISC. 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