US intelligence confirms Iran’s president injured in Israeli strike - CBS
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was injured during an Israeli airstrike last month, two US intelligence sources told CBS News, confirming reports from Iranian state media.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was injured during an Israeli airstrike last month, two US intelligence sources told CBS News, confirming reports from Iranian state media.
The sources said Pezeshkian was attending a Supreme National Security Council meeting when the strike occurred and confirmed that Iranian state media reports about the incident were accurate. According to those reports, he was hurt while escaping through an emergency shaft. CBS said it remains unclear whether he was deliberately targeted.
IRGC-linked Fars News Agency said the June 16 strike hit a building in Tehran’s Shahrak-e Bagheri district during a high-level meeting attended by Pezeshkian, parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and judiciary chief Mohseni Ejei.
The outlet said six precision-guided munitions targeted entry and exit points, cutting power and forcing officials to flee through a prepared emergency hatch. It said Pezeshkian and others suffered minor leg injuries.
The report said the attack resembled an earlier Israeli assassination attempt on Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Authorities are investigating whether intelligence used in the strike came from an insider, according to Fars.
Pezeshkian previously told US commentator Tucker Carlson that Israel attempted to assassinate him during the meeting. “They did try, yes… but they failed,” he said.
The 12-day conflict between Israel and Iran killed hundreds in Iran and 28 people in Israel. Among those killed were Gen. Hossein Salami, commander of the Revolutionary Guard, and Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, head of its missile program. The US also carried out strikes on Iranian nuclear sites during the fighting.
