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US President Donald Trump rejected a plan by Israel to kill Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, three US officials have told BBC's US partner CBS News. Trump reportedly told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that assassinating Khamenei was not a good idea,
That surprise strike hit the heart of the Iran's nuclear program, killing several nuclear scientists as well as high-ranking military leaders, according to Israeli officials.The U.S. did not provide any military assistance or have any involvement in Israel's Friday strike,
U.S. officials told NBC News Israel approached U.S. President Trump with a plan to kill Iran’s Supreme Leader, but Trump rejected that approach. Former Senior State Department and CIA Official Ned Price joins Alex Witt to give his reaction.
Netanyahu reveals Iran attempted to assassinate both him and Trump, discusses Israel's strikes against Iran's nuclear program, and explains the "imminent threat."
President Donald Trump rejected an Israeli plan in recent days to kill Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, two U.S. officials told ABC News. The officials stated that Israel shared with the United States that they had a window to kill Iran's leader but the president was not on board with the plan.
Israel’s attack on Iran was long in the making – the result of years of meticulous planning by Israel and days of high-stakes talks between Tel Aviv and Washington, officials told CNN.