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Last month, US President Donald Trump secretly swapped planes via a catering truck as he left a Nato summit in Turkey. The elaborate ruse, first reported by the Washington Post, was in response to a possible threat from Iran.

But how serious were the US administration’s fears of an assassination attempt? And does the Iranian regime have the capability to carry out such an operation beyond its borders?

We speak to Parham Ghobadi, a senior reporter at the BBC’s Persian Service, and Dan Lamothe of the Washington Post, to understand more about what transpired on Air Force One, the history of Iran’s alleged assassination plots, and why the Iranian regime’s prime target might be its own citizens.

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0:00 Is Iran really trying to kill Donald Trump?
1:31 Why did Trump secretly switch planes?
3:50 Was Trump worried about an Iranian assassination attempt?
5:07 How Trump secretly boarded a catering truck
8:26 Why was Air Force One used as a decoy?
9:09 How the Washington Post uncovered the story
10:46 What does Trump say about the threat?
12:30 Does Iran really want to assassinate Trump?
14:11 Why did Trump risk bombing Iran while in Turkey?
15:34 How serious is the threat from Iran?
17:19 Was there really a missile near the NATO summit?
18:20 Iran’s history of assassinations abroad
20:43 The Iranian plots against Trump
23:24 Why Iranian dissidents are at risk
24:23 Why BBC Persian journalists fear for their lives
25:15 What it’s like living under an assassination threat

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