Trump vetoed Israeli plan to kill Iran's supreme leader, US officials tell CBS

Trump vetoed Israeli plan to kill Iran's supreme leader, US officials tell CBS

US President Donald Trump rejected a recent Israeli plan to kill Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, three US officials tell CBS News, the BBC's US partner.

One official says the Israelis had the opportunity to assassinate Khamenei, and Trump conveyed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that it wasn't a "good idea".

They say the conversation between Netanyahu and Trump happened after Israel launched a massive attack on Iran last week.

Trump's rejection of the proposal was first reported by Reuters. During an interview with Fox News earlier this evening, Netanyahu did not directly confirm or deny Reuters' reporting.

"There's so many false reports of conversations that never happened and I'm not going to get into that," he said.

"But I can tell you I think we do what we need to do. We will do what we need to do and I think the United States knows what is good for the United States and I'm just not going to get into it."