Israel has shared intelligence with the United States indicating an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate U.S. President Donald Trump, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Citing unnamed sources, the New York-based newspaper stated that the data was transmitted by Israeli officials to U.S. authorities, though specific details regarding the operational plan or the individuals responsible have not been publicly disclosed.
The security warning arrives amid a severe escalation in military tensions between Washington and Tehran, characterized by recent direct clashes and traded threats. On Wednesday, during the NATO summit in Ankara, Trump acknowledged that he remains a target of potential Iranian attacks, affirming that elements within Iran are actively seeking to end his life.
The president directly linked these persistent threats to the 2020 targeted killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, a U.S. drone operation ordered during his first presidential term.
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U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies have long flagged Iranian threats against Trump tied to the death of Soleimani, the powerful commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Quds Force who was assassinated in Baghdad. In 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice indicted a Pakistani national for attempting to recruit individuals for a murder-for-hire plot targeting the then-Republican candidate—an accusation Tehran flatly denied.
The latest intelligence warning surfaces at a particularly volatile geopolitical moment. Washington recently launched fresh airstrikes against Iranian targets, accusing Tehran of threatening commercial shipping lanes in the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Iran retaliated by striking U.S. military installations in the region.
Following the exchange of fire, Trump declared an end to a fragile truce that had been brokered just three weeks prior through a signed peace framework agreement. While the report of the alleged assassination plot adds to the compounding security concerns surrounding the American president, neither the White House nor Iranian authorities have publicly confirmed the specific details of the Israeli intelligence brief.
