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Iran's quality ministry has warned of attempts by overseas adversaries, including the United States and Israel, to people ultimate person Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and destabilise the Islamic republic.
The country's ISNA news bureau reported connected Saturday (November 22, 2025) that Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib cautioned "the force seeks to people the ultimate leader, sometimes with assassination attempts, sometimes with hostile attacks".
While it was not instantly wide if the Minister was referring to a circumstantial incident, and Iranian officials often allege overseas plots, statements connected threats against Mr. Khamenei's beingness had been uncommon anterior to a 12-day warfare betwixt Israel and Iran successful June.
"Those who enactment successful this direction, knowingly oregon unknowingly, are the infiltrating agents of the enemy," Mr. Khatib added, referring straight to Israel and the United States.
During the struggle earlier this year, Israel targeted elder Iranian subject officials, atomic scientists and sites arsenic good arsenic residential areas, with the U.S. aboriginal joining with strikes connected cardinal atomic facilities.
Asked astir reports during the warfare that U.S. President Donald Trump vetoed an Israeli program to termination the ultimate person retired of interest it would escalate the Iran-Israel showdown, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was dismissive but said the determination would "end the conflict".
At the time, Mr. Trump had besides said that Iran's ultimate person was a "very casual target" and that "we are not going to instrumentality him out, astatine slightest not for now."
He aboriginal said successful a station connected Truth Social helium had saved Iran's ultimate person from "A VERY UGLY AND IGNOMINIOUS DEATH".
The 86-year-old Mr. Khamenei has been Iran's ultimate person since 1989 and has the last accidental connected each authorities affairs.
Earlier this month, Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said helium was peculiarly acrophobic for Khamenei's beingness during the warfare and feared that the country's institutions "would commencement warring among each other."
In July, Mr. Khamenei said Israel's attacks during the warfare were intended to weaken the Islamic republic, sow "unrest and bring radical into the streets to overthrow the system".
A ceasefire betwixt Iran and Israel has been successful spot since June 24, but some Israel and the United States person threatened caller strikes if Tehran revives its atomic programme.
