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Source: https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/07/14/irans-threats-against-trump-must-be-taken-seriously/
For Iran, Revenge on President Trump Is an Ideological Imperative
(Israel Hayom) Dr. Yossi Mansharof - Calls in Iran to take revenge on U.S. President Donald Trump are sometimes viewed in the West as tired rhetoric. For Mojtaba Khamenei, who succeeded his father as Iran's supreme leader, however, carrying out that revenge is an ideological, religious and operational priority of the highest order. Unit 840 of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force already has a branch responsible for directing terrorist activity on U.S. soil, headed by Mohsen Bozorgi. Tehran relies on three main groups to carry out terrorist attacks and assassinations abroad, including in the U.S.: Iranian or Lebanese expatriates with local citizenship, Muslim operatives with an ideological affinity for the regime and, increasingly, the cynical use of local criminal organizations and underworld figures. A clandestine infrastructure has been built and cultivated in the U.S. in cooperation with Hizbullah since the second half of the 2000s. In practice, persistent and determined FBI counterterrorism operations appear to have prevented Iran and Hizbullah from developing these networks into significant capabilities capable of carrying out mass-casualty attacks. The writer is a senior researcher at the Misgav Institute for National Security and Zionist Strategy.