Overview
- ISNA reported on Nov 22 that Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib warned “the enemy seeks to target the supreme leader, sometimes with assassination attempts, sometimes with hostile attacks.”
- Officials did not cite a specific plot, and public claims about threats to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been uncommon before the 12-day Iran–Israel war in June.
- During the June flare-up, Israel struck senior Iranian figures and sites, and the United States later joined with attacks on key nuclear facilities.
- Media accounts from the war said President Donald Trump blocked an Israeli plan to kill Khamenei; Netanyahu dismissed the reports but said such a move would “end the conflict,” and Trump later claimed he had saved Khamenei.
- A ceasefire has held since June 24, with Israel and the United States warning of renewed strikes if Tehran advances its nuclear programme, as Iranian leaders voice concern that threats to Khamenei could trigger internal discord.