Iran’s intelligence chief has alleged that the United States and Israel have been involved in repeated efforts to assassinate Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as part of a broader strategy to destabilize the Islamic Republic, the ISNA news agency reported.
Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib claimed on Saturday that “the enemy seeks to target the Supreme Leader, sometimes with assassination attempts, sometimes with hostile attacks,” directly naming Washington and Tel Aviv. He did not specify whether these remarks referred to a particular plot or to a pattern of threats.
Public accusations of attempts on Khamenei’s life have been rare, but tensions escalated sharply during the 12-day conflict between Israel and Iran in June. Israeli strikes during the confrontation killed several senior Iranian commanders and nuclear scientists before a US-brokered ceasefire took effect on June 24. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he ordered the operations to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons — a claim supported by Washington, which joined Israeli raids on Iranian nuclear facilities on June 22. Tehran denies seeking nuclear arms and condemned the strikes as unprovoked aggression.
Khatib warned that “those who act in this direction, knowingly or unknowingly, are infiltrating agents of the enemy,” and claimed that Israel was facing its own internal crisis of “infiltration and espionage” on behalf of Iran. He pointed to the recent arrest of an Israeli Air Force officer accused of spying for Tehran and alleged that Iranian intelligence had acquired “secret nuclear information and highly sensitive security documents” from Israel.
According to the minister, the alleged intelligence breach — combined with what he described as Iran’s strong performance during the June conflict — signals a shift in the regional balance of power.
The remarks follow reports earlier this year that US President Donald Trump had vetoed an Israeli proposal to eliminate Khamenei during the war. Netanyahu dismissed those accounts but said such a strike would have “ended the conflict.” Trump, for his part, later claimed the Supreme Leader was a “very easy target” and that Washington had opted not to “take him out, at least for now,” adding on Truth Social that he had spared Khamenei from “a very ugly and ignominious death.”
Ayatollah Khamenei, 86, has served as Iran’s Supreme Leader since 1989 and holds ultimate authority over all branches of the state.
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