"We will empty a magazine on every one of you": The threat from within the Iranian regime against senior officials who compromise in negotiations with the US

Iranian Assembly of Experts member Rahim Tavakol threatened to shoot senior officials who take steps in negotiations with the US that he says harm "the honor of the country." The threat was published in a video on the website "Roydad 24" and reported by the Saudi network Al-Hadath. Tavakol did not name names or specify which agreements would trigger the threat.

Iranian cleric Rahim Tavakol, a member of the Assembly of Experts representing Mazandaran province, threatened to shoot senior Iranian officials if they take steps in negotiations with the United States that he says harm "the honor of the country." The threat was published in a video distributed on the Iranian website "Roydad 24" and reported by the Saudi network Al-Hadath. Tavakol said: "If we load the weapon and put it in burst-fire mode, our fingers will remain on the trigger. If you do something contrary to our honor, we will empty an entire magazine on every one of you." He did not specify which officials he was referring to, nor did he detail which steps or concessions he would consider a blow to Iran's honor. The time and place of the video's recording have not been independently verified. The statement was made against the backdrop of disagreements in Iran regarding the negotiation track with the US, between supporters of continued confrontation and those calling for understandings that would ease economic and political pressures. This is not Tavakol's first strong statement; in the past he called for harsher treatment of protesters and expressed support for the Supreme Leader.

"We will empty a magazine on every one of you": The threat from within the Iranian regime against senior officials who compromise in negotiations with the US