Over the past year, the United States received warnings from Israel about possible attempts by Iran to assassinate President Donald Trump, but U.S. intelligence was unable to independently confirm some of the specific threats. Reuters reports this, as cited by UNN.
Over the past year, the United States received several warnings from Israel that Iran intended to assassinate President Donald Trump, including ahead of a secret operation involving Air Force One in Turkey, which U.S. intelligence officials were unable to independently verify, according to a current U.S. official and two former officials
According to the publication, possible scenarios for an attack on the U.S. president also included a sniper attack or recruiting someone to carry out a knife attack during a major public event. The warnings began arriving ahead of the 12-day war in June 2025 and intensified before the decision by the United States to start a war in Iran in February.
The most detailed warning came ahead of the NATO summit in Ankara in July, a U.S. official and another person familiar with the matter said. Israeli officials informed the White House of intelligence indicating that Iran might try to assassinate Trump, possibly using a shoulder-launched missile, while he was traveling aboard Air Force One to the summit, the officials said
According to available information, U.S. intelligence has long assessed that Iran seeks revenge for Trump's killing of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani in 2020. At the same time, according to the publication, the U.S. intelligence agency was unable to confirm some specific threats to Trump's life reported by Israeli intelligence since the beginning of last year.