Iran's president injured throughout Israeli strikes, U.S. intelligence sources say

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was injured throughout one among Israel's assaults on Iran final month, two U.S. intelligence sources have confirmed to CBS Information.

The sources informed CBS Information that reviews in Iranian state-run media are correct that Pezeshkian was attending a Supreme Nationwide Safety Council assembly when the Israeli strike occurred. The state media report mentioned he sustained leg accidents whereas escaping by way of an emergency shaft.

It stays unclear if he was deliberately focused.

Throughout an interview with Tucker Carlson earlier this month, Pezeshkian claimed Israel tried to assassinate him by bombarding an space through which he was collaborating in a gathering.

Requested whether or not he believed Israel had tried to kill him, Pezeshkian responded, "They did attempt, sure. They usually acted accordingly, however they failed."

"It was not the USA that was behind the try on my life. It was Israel. I used to be in a gathering. We had been discussing the methods to maneuver ahead. However because of the intelligence by the spies that that they had, they tried to bombard the realm…through which we had been holding that assembly," he mentioned within the interview, which was translated from Farsi.

Pereshkian didn't specify the precise date of the strike.

The White Home has not commented on the report, and neither has the Israeli authorities. An Iranian authorities official declined to remark.

The 12-day battle between Israel and Iran killed tons of in Iran and 28 in Israel. Each Israel and Iran claimed victory after a ceasefire brokered by the Trump administration.

A few of Iran's commanders had been killed within the battle, together with the chief of the Revolutionary Guard, Gen. Hossein Salami, and the top of the Guard's ballistic missile program, Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh.

The U.S. additionally carried out airstrikes on Iranian nuclear services throughout the battle.

Extra from CBS Information

James LaPorta

James LaPorta is a nationwide safety coordinating producer in CBS Information' Washington bureau. He's a former U.S. Marine infantryman and veteran of the Afghanistan battle.