Assassination

Israel targeting Khamenei: Are the days of Iran’s supreme leader numbered? - analysis

The fact this is even a topic for debate now shows how fragile the Islamic Republic’s regime has become.

 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks after Eid al-Fitr prayers to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan, in Tehran, Iran, March 31, 2025.
 (L-R) Defense Minister Israel Katz, Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei

Israel Katz threatens Khamenei: Be careful you don't end up like Saddam Hussein

 Former commander of Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Ali Shademani, killed by IDF strikes on June 17, 2025

IDF kills Iranian general Ali Shademani days after striking predecessor

 (L-R) Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu doesn't rule out Khamenei assassination: 'It's going to end the conflict'


Trump rejects ex-FBI director Comey's explanation of '8647' post

US law enforcement officials said on Thursday they were looking into the post depicting an image of "8647," which some Trump supporters interpreted as a threat against him.

 Former FBI director James posting picture including '8647' written out in sea shells. Pro-President Trump activists have claimed this was a call to assassinate the president, May 15, 2025.

Authorities declare state of emergency in Tripoli, Libya after powerful militia leader assassinated

Clashes erupted between the 444th Brigade and the Stability Support Apparatus, two of the most powerful Tripoli militias.

 Members of Libya's influential militia, the Stability Support Apparatus (SSA), pictured in 2022; illustrative.

Intel. shows Israel heading toward political assassination, Lapid warns

The opposition head laid the blame at the feet of the government, and called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop the incitement.

 Opposition head MK Yair Lapid speaks at a press conference in Jerusalem, April 20, 2025

Trump administration publishes cache of RFK assassination records

The National Archives released over 10,000 pages of records in connection with the Kennedy's killing, according to details on its website on Friday.

Senator Robert F. Kennedy

International drug traffickers and bribes: Inside Iran's plot to murder an Azerbaijani rabbi

IRGC officials met with known drug trafficker Agil Aslanov last fall, the Washington Post reported on Saturday. The officials gave Aslanov a photo of the rabbi and instructions on the killing.

 Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting at the IRGC Aerospace Force achievements exhibition in Tehran, Iran November 19, 2023.

Japanese court orders dissolution of 'Moonies’ church following Abe assassination investigation

 Japanese court orders dissolution of 'Moonies’ church following Abe assassination investigation.

Jury convicts men after foiled Iran-funded assassination attempt of journalist

Prosecutors said Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov were to be paid $500,000 by Iran for the assassination.

 Defendants Polad Omarev and Rafat Amirov watch as Masih Alinejad, a New York-based journalist who left Iran in 2009 and is known for outspoken criticism of the government in Tehran and its treatment of women, reacts during questioning during their trial at a courtroom in New York, U.S., March 10, 2

Declassified JFK assassination files reveal Oswald's Soviet ties

Trump has also promised to release documents on the assassinations of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and Senator Robert Kennedy, both of whom were killed in 1968.

President John F. Kennedy signs a proclamation for the interdiction of the delivery of offensive weapons to Cuba during the Cuban missile crisis, at the White House in Washington in this handout photograph taken on October 23, 1962

Breakdown in Gaza ceasefire talks could trigger IDF 'high-level' assassinations - report

Such assassinations and commando operations could lead to escalation and a gradual heating up of the situation, said sources.

 IDF soldiers operate in Jenin

IDF releases footage of assassination of Nasrallah on day of funeral

The attack involved a decade of intelligence collected both by the IDF and the Mossad, as well as a variety of last-minute deceptions.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and the neighbourhood of Dahiyeh, Beirut. Illustrative.

'Everything will be revealed': Trump signs order to declassify files on JFK, MLK assassinations

"Everything will be revealed," Trump said as he signed the order, then holding it up.

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order on AI, in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, U.S., January 23, 2025.