'NYT: US said to have feared Israel was plotting to kill Iran's negotiators'

 United States officials believed that Israel was planning to assassinate Iran's top negotiators, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, during Washington and Tehran's negotiations, The New York Times reported on Thursday, citing current and former US officials.

According to the report, US officials even asked regional countries to warn Iran that Israel might attack the two officials to warn Iran that Israel might attack the two officials in order to prevent the negotiations from being jeopardized.

However, US authorities acknowledged that, during the most intense phase of the war, Araghchi and Ghalibaf may have been legitimate targets for Israel, which intended to overthrow the hardline Iranian government, the sources said.

https://breakingthenews.net/Article/US-said-to-have-feared-Israel-was-plotting-to-kill-Iran's-negotiators/66625413