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Iran’s state media has mocked US President Donald Trump after new particulars emerged about his secret plane change throughout a go to to Turkey, saying it confirmed simply how nervous he’s concerning the Islamic Republic’s energy.
“Once more, Trump, together with his new scandal, has develop into the highest topic within the US media lately. A scandal stemming from worry of Iran’s army energy, an influence that prompted Trump, final month, whereas getting back from Turkey, to secretly change his airplane,” stated a presenter on state tv, including that the episode has develop into a supply of “humiliation” for Trump.
A risk that Air Power One could possibly be focused by a shoulder-fired missile prompted the Secret Service to secretly transfer Trump onto a smaller authorities jet, an individual briefed on the matter stated.
The risk emerged on the ultimate day of Trump’s go to to Ankara for the NATO summit, the supply stated, as tensions run excessive as a result of ongoing US conflict on Iran. The Secret Service deemed the risk to be credible and imminent, prompting a unprecedented operation to hide the US president’s actions.
The New York Occasions reported that US officers have been alarmed to find that Iranians knew the place Trump was staying in Ankara, together with the precise ground of his resort.
Tehran has not formally commented on the allegations, or on the airplane change. The White Home couldn’t be instantly reached out of working hours.
Billboards and murals round Tehran take intention on the US president and Israel, displaying photos from Trump mendacity in a coffin to drowning within the sea.
Whereas the brand new Supreme Chief Mojtaba Khamenei final month pledged vengeance for the loss of life of his father and predecessor, who was killed on the primary day of the conflict.
Hidden In A Meals Truck
Trump and a small group of aides used a catering truck to modify from the large blue-and-white presidential plane to a smaller, nondescript C-32A jet for the flight out of Turkey on July 8, whereas Air Power One departed individually carrying senior administration officers, White Home employees and the travelling press corps, in accordance with the primary supply.
Iran’s embassy in South Africa stated in a put up on X that Trump “will likely be hidden in a trash can earlier than lengthy”. It was accompanied by a meme image of Trump inside a catering field filled with meals.
Courageous American hero, or a coward hiding in a catering truck? pic.twitter.com/t1vcmrdcHw
— Iran Embassy SA (@IraninSA) August 12, 2026
That X account usually goes viral for the social media memes it shares, which Iranian state media have reported. It’s listed on the official web site web page of the embassy.
The Washington Submit first reported particulars of the plane-switch operation.
He will likely be hidden in a trash can earlier than lengthy. pic.twitter.com/ZTkAahNIKw
— Iran Embassy SA (@IraninSA) August 11, 2026
Tehran Denied Earlier Assassination Try Claims
In 2024, the US Justice Division charged an Iranian man in reference to an alleged plot ordered by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards to assassinate Trump, then US president-elect.
Tehran denied these accusations in September 2024.
“Iranian hardliners, who’ve been speaking about taking revenge for the assassination of Iran’s supreme chief on February 28, in addition to another senior political and army officers in Iran are basking in the truth that the USA was so afraid and anxious about President Trump’s security and safety,” stated Ali Vaez, deputy program director for the Center East and North Africa on the Worldwide Disaster Group.
Iran and the USA stay at loggerheads over efforts to agree a everlasting finish to the conflict within the Gulf, in accordance with a senior Iranian supply, who stated there had been no progress in talks to revive the interim deal agreed in June.
Throughout a podcast on Iran’s semi-official Tasnim information company, commentator Alireza Majidi recounted a 2018 go to by Trump to the Ain al-Assad base in Iraq, a rustic the place Iran enjoys help from armed teams.
Trump himself described the extraordinary safety measures he needed to undergo on that journey.
“If you happen to had seen what we needed to undergo with the darkened airplane, with all home windows closed, with no lights on in any respect anyplace. Pitch black. I’ve by no means seen something prefer it,” CNN quoted Trump as chatting with reporters on the base in Iraq.
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