Overview

• On June 15, Netanyahu told Fox News that Iran used proxies and its intelligence apparatus to mount two plots against Trump during the 2024 campaign.
• Host Bret Baier pressed Netanyahu for concrete evidence, and the prime minister cited classified intelligence and Iran’s motive to undercut Trump’s stance on its nuclear program.
• The Department of Justice charged Iranian operative Farhad Shakeri in November 2024 over a separate assassination plot against Trump, a case unconnected to the two campaign-era attempts.
• Law enforcement sources have maintained there is no direct evidence linking Iran to the Butler, Pennsylvania shooting or the incident at Trump’s Florida golf course.
• Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian issued a public denial of any government involvement in plots against Trump following the prime minister’s interview.