Inside the Plan to Assassinate Khamenei
The assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was the result of years of meticulous intelligence work by Israel and the CIA, according to a detailed report by the Financial Times.
Israel’s Unit 8200 hacked Tehran’s traffic cameras to monitor movements, while Mossad recruited human assets inside the regime.
Military intelligence digested mountains of data into daily briefs, building an unparalleled picture of the capital.
“We knew Tehran like we know Jerusalem,” one Israeli intelligence official said.
Operatives even disrupted components of mobile towers near Khamenei’s Pasteur Street office to block warnings to his protection detail.
The opportunity came Saturday morning when intelligence determined Khamenei would be meeting with his top commanders.
The CIA and Israel agreed this was the perfect moment—hunting them after war began would be far harder.
When the bombs fell, they knew exactly where he was and who was with him.