WASHINGTON — Israel has shared intelligence with the United States indicating that Iran recently developed a new alleged plot to assassinate U.S. President Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the matter, prompting renewed scrutiny of threats that U.S. officials have long said Tehran has posed against the president.
The intelligence was passed to U.S. officials this week, according to reports citing sources familiar with the matter. One source said U.S. agencies had already been tracking a steady stream of intelligence suggesting potential threats against Trump, but described the Israeli information as involving a more specific alleged plot. The details of the reported intelligence have not been made public, and it was not immediately clear whether U.S. agencies had independently confirmed the information.
The White House did not publicly confirm the reported intelligence but referred to Trump's recent remarks acknowledging that Iran has repeatedly threatened him. Trump has previously said he remains a target because of the U.S. drone strike in Iraq in January 2020 that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani while Trump was serving his first presidential term. U.S. authorities have for years said Iranian officials and affiliated operatives have sought retaliation for Soleimani's death.
Iran has consistently rejected U.S. accusations that it has plotted to assassinate American officials, although Iranian leaders have repeatedly vowed to seek accountability for Soleimani's killing through what they describe as legal or political means. Iranian officials did not immediately comment on the latest reported intelligence, and Iran's mission to the United Nations did not respond publicly to requests for comment, according to the reports.
The reported intelligence sharing comes amid heightened tensions between Washington and Tehran following months of conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran, despite intermittent diplomatic efforts to reduce hostilities. U.S. and Israeli officials have continued close intelligence cooperation throughout the crisis even as reports have pointed to policy differences between the Trump administration and the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the direction of the broader confrontation with Iran.
U.S. officials have not announced any new public security measures linked specifically to the reported intelligence. As of Friday, no additional official details had been released regarding the alleged plot, and authorities had not publicly disclosed whether any arrests or operational disruptions were connected to the reported threat.
