President Donald Trump vetoed an Israeli plan in recent days to kill Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Sunday. "Have the Iranians killed an American yet?

U.S. President Donald Trump recently rejected a proposal by Israel to assassinate Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Reuters reported Sunday, citing two U.S. officials. A senior U.S. administration official said the United States wouldn’t support targeting Iranian political leadership unless American lives had been lost.

As Donald Trump hobnobbed with lawmakers at the White House congressional picnic Thursday evening, Israel’s military was striking targets inside Iran just hours after the U.S. president had signaled that he preferred giving diplomatic talks another chance.