U.S. warned Iran about Israel’s aims to assassinate leaders
U.S. officials feared a strike on Abbas Araghchi and Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf would end ceasefire talks and renew fighting, the report said.
- During delicate ceasefire negotiations this spring, U.S. officials warned Iran that Israel might target top negotiators, specifically Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, to disrupt the diplomatic process.
- While the United States sought a diplomatic peace framework, Israeli officials remained deeply skeptical of the process, prioritizing regime change and the elimination of Iranian leadership over negotiations.
- Iranian security forces detected an Israeli threat against Ghalibaf's return flight from Islamabad, forcing an emergency landing in Mashhad after two Israeli fighter jets reportedly entered Iranian airspace.
- Despite these grave security risks, Ghalibaf and Araghchi continued their diplomatic efforts, traveling to Qatar for talks in May and later meeting the American delegation in Switzerland in June.
- In June, Washington and Tehran reached a framework agreement aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz, though Israeli officials viewed the accord as a failure to achieve their war aims of forcing regime change.
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US warned Iran that Israel might've planned to assassinate Iran's ceasefire representatives
Two American officials said the U.S. tried to warn Iran in the spring that it was concerned Israel might try to kill people involved in ceasefire talks.
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