Israel shared intelligence with Washington this week indicating that Iran had recently devised a new plan to assassinate President Donald Trump, according to the Wall Street Journal and CNN, both citing anonymous sources.
The reported threat follows longstanding US warnings that Iran could target Trump in retaliation for the 2020 drone strike that killed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani © Mena Today
Israel shared intelligence with Washington this week indicating that Iran had recently devised a new plan to assassinate President Donald Trump, according to the Wall Street Journal and CNN, both citing anonymous sources.
Details remain scarce. One CNN source said the warning arrived this week. Another said US intelligence had already picked up scattered signals of a possible plot in recent weeks, but that Israel's warning was new and concerned a specific threat.
Asked for comment, the White House did not deny the report, instead pointing to remarks Trump made Wednesday: "They want to take out the US leader, me. I'm on whatever list. I saw this morning I'm on every single one of their lists."
The reported threat follows longstanding US warnings that Iran could target Trump in retaliation for the 2020 drone strike that killed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, and comes as a fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran shows signs of strain, with both sides having recently traded fresh strikes.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Monday that a suspected plot targeting the RAF Fairford air base in Britain was "highly likely" to have been coordinated in Iran, and almost certainly directed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Iran is still reviewing a US response to its proposal regarding the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and will reply to Washington via intermediaries when the review is over, foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday.
A senior Emirati official on Monday called on Gulf countries to strengthen their collective security system after a series of attacks by Iran-aligned Houthis from Yemen on Saudi Arabia.
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