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 officials believed Israel was plotting to assassinate Iranian negotiators: NYT
WASHINGTON — US officials believed that Israel was planning to assassinate top Iranian negotiators while Washington and Tehran were engaged in delicate talks to end the war in the Middle East, according to US media reports.The New York Times reported on Thursday quoting American officials that the US was concerned that any assassination attempt could put the fragile ceasefire with Iran into jeopardy, and went as far as getting other countries to…
Report: Trump Opposed Iran Negotiator Killings
As President Donald Trump pursued a negotiated end to the Iran war, his administration reportedly used regional intermediaries to warn Iran that Israel could target top negotiators, including Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, out of concern such strikes could derail ceasefire talks.
NYT: Israel plotted to kill Iran peace negotiators to derail talks
Trump administration officials reportedly believed that the Israeli government intended to assassinate Iran’s top negotiators—including the country’s foreign minister—during peace talks with the US in an effort to sabotage diplomatic progress. The New York Times reported Thursday that “American concerns about the targeting of two particular Iranian officials—Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, and Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of th…
Trump team believed Israel plotted assassinations to derail Iran talks: report
Trump administration officials reportedly believed that the Israeli government intended to assassinate Iran’s top negotiators—including the country’s foreign minister—during peace talks with the US in an effort to sabotage diplomatic progress.The New York Times reported Thursday that “American conce...
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