US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday that the Iranian commander who attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump in 2024 has been captured and killed in Operation Epic Fury against the Middle East country.

“Yesterday, the leader of the unit that attempted to assassinate President Trump was found and killed.”

"Iran tried to kill President Trump, and in the end, President Trump won," Hegseth said at a press conference, though he did not identify the man.

'We will have control over Iranian skies within a week': US

Speaking at the conference, Hegseth also said that the world's two most powerful air forces would have complete control over Iranian skies within a week. "The US will use an unlimited stockpile of precision gravity bombs," Hegseth added. "We're attacking them while they're down," he added.

2024  Donald Trump Assassination Attempt

In July 2024, a man shot Donald Trump in broad daylight in Butler, Pennsylvania, while he was campaigning for the presidential election. Trump, who was the former President of the United States at the time, was injured in the assassination attempt, as the gunman's bullet grazed his ear

A 20-year-old man named Thomas Crooks fired eight rounds at Trump from the rooftop of a nearby building. The US Secret Service shot and killed Crooks on the spot, preventing him from firing further shots at Trump.

The US Justice Department charged an Iranian man in connection with an alleged plot by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to assassinate Trump.

PC:R.Bharat