The international news agency Reuters, citing two US officials, claimed that Israel had planned to kill Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. This plan was part of Israel’s broader strategy in which it is trying to stop Iran’s nuclear program. According to the report, Israel had also informed the US about this plan, but US President Donald Trump vetoed it. Trump said that unless Iran harmed any American citizens, such actions could further inflame the flames of war in the Middle East.
Al Jazeera, highlighting Iran’s perspective, said that this is part of Israel’s aggressive policies, which Iran has always targeted. Israeli newspapers such as the Jerusalem Post have remained silent about it, which indicates that Israel does not want to make such sensitive plans public.
US officials told Reuters that Trump decided to block the plot because he did not want a full-scale war in the Middle East. Trump believed that targeting a leader like Khamenei would inevitably lead to Iranian retaliation, which could also harm US interests.
This claim is based only on quotes from US officials. Israel has not provided any clarification on this, and Iran has also called it “propaganda”. Therefore, the situation is still unclear, but it is clear that Israel is ready to take all possible steps to stop Iran’s nuclear program.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed in an interview with Fox News that Iran had plotted to assassinate US President Donald Trump and his family. Netanyahu said, “The Iranians chant ‘Death to America’ and they tried to assassinate Trump twice.” He also said that Iran attempted to assassinate him when a missile hit the window of his house. The claim is linked to a US Justice Department report that said Iran had tasked a man named Farhad Shakeri with plotting to assassinate Trump.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghei called the allegations a “heinous conspiracy” and a “lie.” He said that similar allegations had been made by the US and Israel before, but they had not been proven. Iran says that all this is an attempt to justify Israel’s aggressive policies.
The New York Times and the Washington Post, citing a report by the US Department of Justice, said that Farhad Shakeri is suspected of being affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, but there was no sufficient evidence to confirm this. Al Arabiya highlighted Netanyahu’s claims, but also said that such claims could be part of an Israeli strategy to increase international pressure on Iran. Iranian newspapers such as the Tehran Times have strongly rejected these allegations, accusing Israel and the US of spreading false propaganda.
Following the US Justice Department report, the FBI and other security agencies have increased Trump’s security. However, the US government has only officially said that they take such potential threats seriously. The US has not directly accused Iran of the attack, but has placed the issue under investigation.
Despite the US Justice Department report and Netanyahu’s claims, there is no conclusive evidence to support an Iranian plot. It is possible that Netanyahu’s claims are part of Israel’s internal politics and an attempt to gain international support.
According to international media and sources, not all of these claims have yet been proven true, but it is clear that stability in the Middle East is at risk. The US is trying to prevent war, but Israel’s independent actions and Iran’s warnings have made the situation serious. The next few days will determine whether the Middle East moves towards peace or burns in the flames of war.
