The U.S. military has killed Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during Operation Epic Fury, a campaign that decapitated the Islamic nation's regime. However, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth revealed that military assets also successfully killed an Iranian who was planning to assassinate President Donald Trump. He stressed that the assassination was not the primary focus of the effort, but acknowledged that if necessary, they would target Americans. The Justice Department charged Farhad Shakeri, an Afghan national living in Iran in 2024 over an alleged assassination attempt, with Trump being the intended target.