SAEDNEWS: A senior advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader has revealed that Israel allegedly targeted a top-level security meeting in Tehran with plans to assassinate the country’s leadership—an operation that could have culminated in an attack on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei himself.
According to Saed News, Ali Larijani, a prominent Iranian politician and former speaker of parliament who now serves as a senior advisor to the Supreme Leader, has claimed that Israel orchestrated an attack on a high-level national security gathering with the intent of decapitating Iran’s leadership structure. The meeting, reportedly attended by heads of the three branches of government, was targeted as part of what Larijani described as a broader plan to destabilize the Islamic Republic by eliminating its top officials.
In a televised interview broadcast over the weekend, Larijani alleged that Israeli intelligence had identified a gathering of senior Iranian leaders—believed to be a session of the Supreme National Security Council—as a potential strike opportunity. “Their aim,” Larijani said, “was to hit the core of the Islamic Republic, and once that was accomplished, to proceed toward the ultimate target: the Leader himself.”
He went on to describe receiving a direct threat on his personal phone, warning him that he had "twelve hours to leave Tehran"—an ominous message he interpreted as part of a wider assassination campaign. “The phone call wasn’t just a threat,” he added, “it was part of a coordinated scenario.”
The revelation follows a period of heightened tensions in the region, with Tel Aviv and Tehran trading barbs and, allegedly, covert strikes in a shadow conflict that increasingly spills into open confrontation. Larijani’s comments appear to confirm long-standing suspicions among Iranian officials that Israel’s military strategy goes beyond deterrence and into the realm of regime change through targeted decapitation strikes.
While Larijani did not present direct evidence linking the attack to Israeli authorities, his claims have been widely echoed by pro-government Iranian media and cited by conservative analysts as proof of what they call a Western-Israeli “hybrid war” against Iran.
Beyond the immediate political shockwaves, the allegations raise significant questions about the effectiveness of Iran’s counter-intelligence capabilities, the vulnerability of its political leadership, and the extent to which foreign intelligence agencies are willing to push their regional agendas through clandestine operations.
Larijani concluded by saying that the plot ultimately failed due to “divine intervention” and the vigilance of Iran’s security apparatus. However, the warning is clear: Tehran sees itself in the crosshairs—not only politically or economically, but literally.
Whether the alleged attack occurred precisely as described remains unverifiable, but the statement itself serves as a powerful indicator of Iran’s current strategic posture—and its perception of existential threats just beyond its borders.
