How Iran's Khamenei was protected amid Israel's assassination threat during Israel-Iran war? Mossad couldn't find him due to...
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz admitted that the Israel Defense Force (IDF) was tasked with assassinating Ayatollah Khamenei but did not get an opportunity to do so as they could not locate the Iranian Supreme Leader.
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Ayatollah Khamenei: Israel's June 13 attack on Iran, which triggered the 12-day Israel-Iran war, shocked the world, not just because of the scale of the lethal airstrikes it conducted on Iranian cities, but the deadly precision with which Jewish state almost wiped out the entire top brass of Tehran's military leadership and nuclear scientists.
Khamenei was targeted for assassination
The assassination of Iran's top military brass, including IRGC chief Hossein Salami and Iran's Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri, raised fears that Israel's next could be Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei himself. The fear gained credence when Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, began talking about regime change as a war aim, with Katz later openly admitting that they aimed to killed Ayatollah Khamenei.
According to report by Firstpost, Israel Katz said that the Israel Defense Force (IDF) was tasked with assassinating Khamenei but did not get an opportunity to do so as they could not locate the Iranian Supreme Leader.
Here's why the IDF, and even the Mossad-- Israel's premier spy agency-- failed to locate Ayatollah Khamenei during the 12-day Israel-Iran war.
Where was Khamenei during the 12-day war?
According to media reports, as soon as the war began on June 13, Ayatollah Khamenei was rushed to an ultra-secure secret bunker located somewhere in the northeastern suburb of Tehran. The bunker is a highly-secret location, and only a few close aides of Khamenei and his family, knew about his whereabouts.
During his stay, the Iran Supreme Leader essentially went off the grid, turning off all electronic communication with his commanders, making it impossible for Mossad and IDF to trace his location as his phone and other electronic gadgets were turned off.
Speaking to Channel 13, Israel Katz admitted that Israel planned to assassinate Khamenei, and would had done so without any hesitation if they had managed to find him.
Meanwhile, in his first televised address since the Israel-Iran ceasefire came into effect, the Iranian Supreme Leader on Thursday issued a stern warning to Israel and its ally, the United States, stating that America will "pay a heavy price" if the Islamic Republic is attacked again. Khamenei also claimed that Iran had delivered a "slap to America's face" with its missile strike on the US military base in Qatar.
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