U.S. officials believed Israel plotted to kill Iranian negotiators

newsJul 2, 202640601

The New York Times reported that U.S. officials believed Israel may have been plotting to assassinate Iran’s negotiators Abbas Araghchi and Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf while Washington was holding delicate talks with Tehran this spring. American officials feared an Israeli assassination effort would doom the negotiations and therefore asked other countries in the region to warn Iran about the possible threat. U.S. concern followed an April episode in which Israeli fighter jets entered Iranian airspace as the negotiators were flying back from talks, forcing their plane to make an emergency landing and requiring them to complete the journey to Tehran by land. The reported warning to Tehran was intended to protect the two officials so indirect, technical talks in Doha, mediated by regional states, could continue. Those talks were working through implementation of an interim memorandum of understanding and had unresolved issues including control over the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. step to tip off regional partners instead of confronting Israel directly reflected American officials’ priority of preserving the fragile diplomatic process.

Khashoggi's Ghost

@urocklive1.bsky.social

So who at DOJ leaked this one? They also asked gulf allies to warn Iran. "US officials believed that Israel might have been plotting to kill Iran’s top negotiators while Washington was engaged with Tehran in delicate talks this spring to reach an interim peace deal." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/u...

2335h ago

IndivisibleTX24❌👑10

Is BiBi actually worse than Trump?

j-ledbetter.bsky.social6

The government of Israel is not our friend!!! We are being gaslit by big money and fear of appearing anti-Semitic.

Just J4

because Israel is a terrorist state that is responsible for MOST of the instability in the region.

rictho1966.bsky.social2

How many times does Netanyahu have to betray us before people realize he is not a friend d of the USA. He uses us to get what he wants at our and everyone else's expense.

John Zimmerman2

What? Bibi would try to ruin Trump's Big Beautiful Peace? Yeah, that guy would strangle his own mother to stay in power.

Lost Sierra Jim2

Yeah. So why do we give them our money and carry their water?

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MantaHunk 🌎🏳️‍🌈☮️🟧5

And they're asking us to merge our militaries with Israel. STFU

The Black Ninja3

When your so-called "Ally" is plotting against you. You might want to rethink your support and friendship.

Pierre SAURY2

Des nouvelles des ORDURES de #TSAHAL🇮🇱? Ah oui.. Ce sont bien des ORDURES!! 🤬

Glenn D Stockard2

Netanyahu needs to go....for good.

BarryJT2

Israel is a terrorist state.

Matt Novak

@paleofuture.bsky.social

"Fearful that an Israeli assassination effort would doom the negotiations, the United States, according to some of the officials, went so far as to ask other countries in the region to warn Iran about the possibility Israel could target the two officials."

716h ago

BillThePony2

And it would be the fourth time we've done it Maybe the 5th. We used perfidiousness to assassinate qasim suleimani. We've done it twice with the Iranians already. The Israelis did it to Palestinian peace negotiators with our endorsement. Their fear is reasonable. Because of our actions

fluttermouse 🦇2

Glad we've alienated everyone else in the world to yoke ourselves to them

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Paul Rosenberg4

Israel killing off negotiating partners has been their MO for decades. Until quite recently they'd totally normalized it with the narrative that there was "no one to negotiate with." Think about it. How did people hear that phrase & not see it as a confession of mass murder?

Brian Finucane

@bcfinucane.bsky.social

One of the many, many reasons that Trump's attempt to do a 'Venezuela' in Iran did not work out is that Israel killed some of the hoped for Iranian Delcy Rodriguezes. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/u...

746h ago

Judah Grunstein2

I still don't think Larijani was a Delcy candidate, but I think him being around may have saved everyone a few months of nonsense.

Sunil S 🇺🇦1

That aligns with Bibi never wanting this war to end.

Simon1

Treachery means you can never be trusted again.

Leah McElrath

@leahmcelrath.bsky.social

Israel actually sent fighter jets into Iranian airspace when the negotiators were flying back from talks in April, causing their plane to make an emergency landing. They traveled the rest of the way back to Tehran by land.

Pakistani fighter jets escorted the Iranian airplanes carrying a delegation of more than 70 Iranians from the border of Iran to Islamabad and back again when the session was over.
But on the way back to Tehran, an Israeli security threat emerged.
Iran's security forces notified the plane carrying Mr. Ghalibaf back to Tehran that they had picked up intelligence that Israel planned to attack the plane and that two Israeli fighter jets had entered Iran's airspace from its western border near Iraq, the two officials said.
Mahdi Mohammadi, a senior adviser for Mr. Ghalibaf, who accompanied him to Islamabad, confirmed this account on his social media page. The plane made an emergency landing in the city of Mashhad, Iran's closest airport to the Pakistani border, and the Iranian delegation traveled some eight hours by land back to Tehran, Mr. Mohammadi and the two officials said.

405h ago

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bitdizzy is absent6

Perfidy again, zionism-kun? Don’t you have any other cultural institutions?

egg16z 🥚2

Israel was minutes away from downing the jet of a foreign leader returning from negotiations and I’m expected to believe we’re going to get to a deal that they, us and Iran can agree to?

Scott Horton

@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

In order to stop any peace talks between the US and Iran, Israel schemed to assassinate all the Iranian negotiators. The Israeli attempt to kill Abbas Araghchi, the foreign minister, or Mohammad Ghalibaf, the Parliament speaker, would have derailed peace talks, American officials feared.

413h ago

Faytuks Network

@faytuksnetwork.bsky.social

U.S. officials believed Israel may have been plotting to kill Iran’s top negotiators, FM Abbas Araghchi and parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, during U.S.-Iran talks, prompting Washington to ask regional states to warn Tehran. - NYT

487h ago

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🧨 primary everybody 🧨 🌻4

this is so fucking ridiculous

PBS News

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In Qatar, negotiators from both the U.S. and Iran held more indirect, technical talks on Wednesday. The two sides spoke through regional mediators, and reopening the Strait of Hormuz remained a key sticking point.

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PBS News6

Iran insists it controls the waterway, and state TV broadcast images today of a container ship that ran aground after trying to use a route that Iran did not approve.

BRICS News 📄

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JUST IN: 🇮🇱🇮🇷 US believes Israel was plotting to kill top Iranian negotiators Ghalibaf and Araghchi while Trump administration was in talks with Iran. US officials tipped off regional countries to warn Iran against Israeli plans to target them, NYT reports.

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Steph K1

Wouldn't surprise me in the least. So glad the idiot chose Bibi as one of his partners in crime.

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Lego Dolemite 🏴🚩2

These disagreements & disobedience on the part of a client state need to result in punishment from the US if they're to even be acknowledged as such.

Markham Hislop

@markhamhislop.bsky.social

Trump’s Real Estate Playbook Folds Against Iranian Leverage Trump sends dilettantes and grifters. Iran sends tough, experienced negotiators. Iran wins. Who could have foreseen this outcome?🙄 youtu.be/D0efV5AbUUI

107h ago

💢Marx Was Right.🕊

@paulwalker44.bsky.social

U.S. ADMITS Iran Deal FAKE, Israel PLOTS ASSASSINATING Negotiators youtu.be/V2gEtjYHeho?... @goodpoliticguy.bsky.social

83h ago

Drop Site

@dropsitenews.com

⭕️ Indirect technical talks continue in Doha 🔹Indirect negotiations between the US & Iran continued in Doha on Wed., w/ Qatari & Pakistani mediators facilitating technical discussions on implementing the interim MOU. 🔹Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met US negotiators Steve Witkoff...

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⭕️ Indirect technical talks continue in Doha

🔹Indirect negotiations between the United States and Iran continued in Doha on Wednesday, with Qatari and Pakistani mediators facilitating technical discussions on implementing the interim memorandum of understanding.

🔹Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met U.S. negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on Wednesday. The Emir’s office said they discussed the “progress of the negotiations” between Washington and Tehran, the situation in Lebanon, and the “importance of consolidating the ceasefire.”

🔹President Donald Trump told reporters the talks are going “very well” and described the meetings as “very good.”

🔹Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi participated in a trilateral meeting with Qatar and Pakistan, saying the Doha meetings were focused on implementing the interim agreement, not negotiating a new deal.

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Jacob Bogage

@jacobbogage.bsky.social

Vice President Vance tells me U.S. negotiators are “going to start talking about” Iran’s nuclear program during peace talks in Doha, after the U.S. and Iran traded strikes in recent days.

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Silvija (still) stands with Ukraine

@svecrumba.bsky.social

As Trump's 'top negotiators' (Steven Witkoff & Jared Kushner) get nowhere in a permanent peace deal, Trump is meeting with top military advisors, considering abandoning diplomacy and going to full strikes on Iran. www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-p...

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Toni Growell

@togrowell.bsky.social

💯🚨👆🎯😏I have nothing against Israel and its people. It is the gov't and Bibi along with their Zionists control of the rest of the people who are victims of the Mossad army brutality which is the catalyst of the wars they plot against its neighbors. America has to cut the umbilical cord from Israel.MO

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Hedy Lamarr

@chudonew.bsky.social

JD Vance has again signaled that the White House is prepared to use force against Iran if diplomacy fails..and it will because neither Rubio nor Vance are competent negotiators. Without brains, Trump, unfortunately, always reverts to brawn www.rferl.org/a/iran-us-mi...

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