The Israeli intelligence shared with the Trump administration of Iranian threats to assassinate Trump reflected a desire among elements of Tehran’s hardline leadership to target the American leader, CNN reports, citing sources
- 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.
- Two US sources familiar with the matter said recent US intelligence assessments show no indication of a new, specific Iranian plot to kill Trump, but rather a steady drumbeat of chatter about various Iranian actors wanting to do so.
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