Israel Allegedly Targeted Iran’s Top Leadership—An “Act of War” That Miraculously Failed

According to Saed News, the deputy head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), identified as the brother of prominent conservative figure Saeed Jalili, stated in an interview that Israel launched a precision strike on a high-level meeting of Iran’s top three officials—President, Speaker of Parliament, and Chief Justice—shortly before attacking the national broadcaster last Tuesday. He claimed the leaders narrowly escaped, attributing their survival to divine intervention.

The official, speaking to Entekhab News, described the episode as a failed decapitation strike that caught even former U.S. President Donald Trump by surprise. “For hours, Trump believed the Iranian leadership had been eliminated,” he said, adding, “he thought he could bully Iran—but now realizes he was played.”

Though no independent verification has emerged, the claim—if true—would signal a dramatic escalation in the long-standing shadow conflict between Iran and Israel, shifting the battlefield from covert sabotage to direct military engagement against senior political targets. The rhetorical tone further underscores Tehran’s strategy of framing recent Israeli actions as acts of aggression orchestrated in concert with Western hawks.

Analysts note that Iran’s invocation of divine protection in moments of national peril serves a dual purpose: bolstering internal morale while reinforcing a narrative of moral superiority against foreign adversaries. The claim is yet another chapter in the increasingly combustible regional standoff.