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US unable to verify Israeli claims of Iran plot to assassinate Trump
US unable to verify Israeli claims of Iran plot to assassinate Trump
Israel warned the United States multiple times over the past year that Iran was allegedly planning to assassinate President Donald Trump, including through sniper, knife, or shoulder-launched missile attacks. US intelligence agencies,…
The Story in Brief
Israel warned the United States multiple times over the past year that Iran was allegedly planning to assassinate President Donald Trump, including through sniper, knife, or shoulder-launched missile attacks. US intelligence agencies, including the CIA, could not independently verify these specific threats, Reuters reports citing current and former US officials. Turkish intelligence also found no evidence to support the warning linked to Trump's NATO summit trip to Ankara in July.
Despite the lack of verification, the White House and Secret Service took precautionary measures. During Trump's Turkey visit, a deception operation moved him from Air Force One to a different aircraft for his departure, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent staying on the original plane to preserve the presidential line of succession. The warnings reportedly began before the 12-day war in June 2025 and intensified ahead of the US decision to go to war with Iran in February.
The Indian Opinion
Israeli and American intelligence agencies have long disagreed on Iran's nuclear intentions, and now they differ on specific threats against Trump, too. The Israeli claim of an imminent Iran assassination plot, which US and Turkish spies could not corroborate, still triggered an extraordinary presidential plane swap. That raises an uncomfortable question: did the unverified intelligence shape US war policy, or did the war create demand for such warnings? Watch for any declassified CIA assessments on these specific threats, those documents will separate precaution from pretext.
Sources (3): news.abplive.com, timesnownews.com, timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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