Sabotaging Peace? Inside the Secret US Warning to Iran Over Alleged Israeli Assassination Plots Against Chief Negotiators
US secretly warned Iran that Israel might assassinate its top negotiators, threatening to collapse fragile peace talks to end the ongoing conflict.
Sabotaging Peace? Inside the Secret US Warning to Iran Over Alleged Israeli Assassination Plots Against Chief Negotiators
In a stunning revelation that underscores the profound friction between Washington and Tel Aviv, senior United States officials secretly warned Tehran that Israel might be planning to assassinate Iran’s top diplomatic envoys. This covert warning, delivered via regional intermediaries during the fragile spring ceasefire negotiations, was driven by a deep-seated American fear that such targeted killings would permanently shatter the peace process and plunge the Middle East back into an uncontrollable spiral of violence. The Targets at the Heart of Diplomacy According to comprehensive reports published by The Washington Post and The Jerusalem Post , citing current and former American officials, the intelligence apparatus in Washington grew increasingly alarmed over the safety of Iran's primary interlocutors. The high-stakes warning specifically named two pivotal figures within Tehran's political hierarchy: Abbas Araghchi: The sophisticated Foreign Minister of Iran, who has served as …