Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia would react “very negatively” if Israel were to assassinate Iran’s leader with U.S. assistance, speaking in an interview with British broadcaste

Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Thursday that Israel is not aiming to eliminate Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, or set into motion a regime change in Iran — a statement that conflicts with an Israeli Security Cabinet member’s comments earlier in the day.

Iran's resumé against America since the 1979 revolution includes taking hostages, playing a role in the Beirut embassy bombings, funding Taliban and Iraqi proxies and assassination attempts.