Israel denies Trump vetoed its plan to kill Khamenei - Channel 12

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that Israel killed Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) intelligence chief Mohammad Kazemi and his deputy Hassan Mohaqeq in a strike in Tehran.

“We decided to act because we had to. We saw enough enriched uranium for nine bombs. We are attacking their nuclear sites. We attacked their senior command, and I can update that just moments ago we also eliminated their intelligence chief and his deputy in Tehran,” Netanyahu said in an interview with Fox News.

Earlier, Iran International reported that Kazemi and Mohaqeq were trapped under rubble following an Israeli strike on the IRGC intelligence organization’s building in Tehran.

A regime change in Iran "could certainly be the result because the Iran regime is very weak," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Fox News.

US President Donald Trump vetoed an Israeli plan to assassinate Iran’s Supreme Leader in recent days, Reuters reported citing two unnamed US officials.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declined to comment on the Reuters report. "I'm not going to get into that," Netanyahu told Fox News.

Axios quoted a US official as saying the Israelis had an opportunity to kill Khamenei, but the US told them Trump was opposed to that.

"The Iranians haven't killed an American, and discussion of killing political leaders should not be on the table," the US official was quoted as saying.