Israel believes Iran is planning to assassinate Trump - report
Reports suggest that Israeli intelligence shared information with the Trump administration regarding Iranian threats against Donald Trump. While US officials acknowledge a general desire among Iranian hardliners to target the former president, they found no evidence of a specific, actionable assassination plot.
Why it matters
The report underscores the high-tension geopolitical relationship between the US and Iran and the complexities of international intelligence sharing.
The Israeli intelligence shared with the Trump administration of Iranian threats to assassinate President Donald Trump reflected a desire among elements of Tehran's hardline leadership to target the American leader, according to an Israeli source and a US official, rather than a specific, detailed plan to carry out such an operation.
The new commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Ahmad Vahidi, was part of the group advocating for such a plan, the Israeli source told CNN.
Vahidi has been included in lists of "obstructionists" within the regime who are viewed by the Trump administration as actively undermining negotiations, according to a source familiar with US planning. The US has considered directly targeting leaders on the list if full-scale war resumes, the source said.
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