A new top security official in the Iranian regime has spent years expressing genocidal hatred against Americans, and just recently was bragging about Iran’s goals for nuclear weapons to use against the U.S.
Of course, the genocidal Iranian regime has long emphasized that its primary goal is “death to America,” with “death to Israel” being a close second. So it is not exactly shocking that an Iranian official has made extravagant threats against Americans before, especially since the official in this case—Mohsen Rezaee—is the former head of the mass-murdering Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). But it is interesting to note that Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei just appointed Rezaee, who is also Khamenei’s advisor, to be secretary of the Supreme National Security Council as America was willing to give negotiations and a peace deal another try.
Rezaee’s appointment sends a message to America that the ayatollahs are simply doubling down on their goals for jihad against America—and for nuclear weapons. Rezaee has reportedly been much more publicly vocal than his predecessor was.
The Middle East Media Research Center shared a lengthy list of translated comments from Rezaee, going all the way back to 2006 and his defense of Hezbollah while threatening Israel and demanding war crime trials for a U.S. official. Rezaee downplayed the Holocaust, said he could "annihilate Tel Aviv," planned to put Donald Trump on trial, encouraged Iranians to kill Americans, and bragged about aiming to move "full steam ahead" in the nuclear field.
Most recently, this summer, Rezaee hinted darkly at "great danger" for American bases and ships, vowed to make the U.S. "pay more than in the past," fantasized about Trump committing suicide, compared Trump to Adolf Hitler while labeling Hitler the braver man, described turning the Persian Gulf into a bloody trap for Americans, and dreamed about imposing a cost on Americans like Russians did on Nazis during WWII. Below is just one clip from July:
Former IRGC Commander-in-Chief Mohsen Rezaee: Iran Will No Longer Settle for Tit-for-Tat; Americans Will Pay More Than Ever Before If the War Continues; Trump Has Become a Laughingstock; We Will Make Him Unwelcome in His Own Country, Brand Him a Germ of Corruption pic.twitter.com/GHXRsRH1Zc
— MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) July 19, 2026
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Again, these comments all matter not because they are totally exceptional among Iranian officials, but because Rezaee just scored a key new appointment within the regime. When you read the above comments, you are reading the rantings of not just a former terrorist or a long-time bureaucrat, but the new head of the council in charge of establishing and coordinating national security and military policies for the regime and its troops.
Rezaee has the power to implement his goals for nuclear weapons to use against Americans. He has the power to dictate whether the Iranian regime will continue to strike civilian and military targets alike across the Middle East. And while Israeli and American troops have destroyed many of Iran’s missiles and nuclear facilities, other Islamic dictatorships and Communist China are just waiting for the opportunity to provide more weapons and materials.
Do not forget that Iran's regime has plants and assassination teams right here in America. Rezaee is a religious fanatic and a professional terrorist. We cannot afford to take his threats lightly.
