Israel tried to assassinate Iran’s Pezeshkian during war, Iranian report says

13 July 2025, 7:30 am

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This handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency shows Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian giving an address on the anniversary of the death of the country's former supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini at the latter's mausoleum in Tehran on June 3, 2025. (Iranian Presidency / AFP)

Israel attempted to assassinate Iran’s president, parliament speaker and head of the judiciary in a strike on June 15 during the war, Iran’s Fars News reports.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was lightly wounded in the leg during the strike on a meeting of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council in Tehran, the IRGC-affiliated outlet says.

The report says six missiles or bombs were used to block the exits to the building where the meeting was being held, but the officials were able to escape via an emergency hatch.

Pezeshkian was injured while escaping the building, the report says, adding that an investigation was underway to discover whether a mole had given information on the meeting to Israel.

The report claims that the alleged assassination attempt was modeled on the strike that killed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut.

There is no comment from Israel.

Last week, Pezeshkian said that Israel had tried to assassinate him, but did not specify the date of the alleged assassination attempt, nor whether it occurred during last month’s conflict.

“They did try, yes. They acted accordingly, but they failed,” Pezeshkian said in response to Tucker Carlson’s question about whether he believes Israel tried to kill him.