Trump vetoed Israeli plan to kill Iran's supreme leader Khamenei, US officials say
US President Donald Trump vetoed an Israeli plan in recent days to kill Iran's Supreme Leader
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , two US officials told Reuters on Sunday.
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'Have the Iranians killed an American yet? No. Until they do we're not even talking about going after the political leadership,' said one of the sources, a senior US administration official.
The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said top US officials have been in constant communications with Israeli officials in the days since
Israel launched a massive attack on
Iran in a bid to halt its nuclear programme.
They said the Israelis reported that they had an opportunity to kill the top Iranian leader, but
Trump waved them off the plan.
The officials would not say whether Trump himself delivered the message. But Trump has been in frequent communications with Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu
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When asked about Reuters' report, Netanyahu, in an interview on Sunday with Fox News Channel's Special Report With Bret Baier, said: 'There's so many false reports of conversations that never happened, and I'm not going to get into that.
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