{"id":10372,"date":"2025-07-18T00:58:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T00:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunnewsusa.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/18\/irans-president-injured-during-israeli-strikes-u-s-intelligence-sources-say\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T00:58:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T00:58:32","slug":"irans-president-injured-during-israeli-strikes-u-s-intelligence-sources-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunnewsusa.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/18\/irans-president-injured-during-israeli-strikes-u-s-intelligence-sources-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran&#8217;s president injured during Israeli strikes, U.S. intelligence sources say"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-0\">\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was injured during one of Israel&#8217;s attacks on Iran, two U.S. intelligence sources have confirmed to CBS News.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The sources told CBS News that reports in Iranian state-run media are accurate that Pezeshkian was attending a Supreme National Security Council meeting when the Israeli strike happened. The state media report said he sustained leg injuries while escaping through an emergency shaft.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It remains unclear if he was intentionally targeted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During an interview with Tucker Carlson earlier this month, Pezeshkian claimed Israel attempted to assassinate him by bombarding an area in which he was participating in a meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Asked whether he believed Israel had tried to kill him, Pezeshkian responded, &#8220;They did try, yes. And they acted accordingly, but they failed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was not the United States that was behind the attempt on my life. It was Israel. I was in a meeting. We were discussing the ways to move forward. But thanks to the intelligence by the spies that they had, they tried to bombard the area\u2026in which we were holding that meeting,&#8221; he said in the interview, which was translated from Farsi.<\/p>\n<p>Pereshkian did not specify the exact date of the strike.<\/p>\n<p>The White House has not commented on the report, and neither has the Israeli government. An Iranian government official declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>The 12-day conflict between Israel and Iran killed hundreds in Iran and 28 in Israel. Both Israel and Iran claimed victory after a ceasefire brokered by the Trump administration.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some of Iran&#8217;s commanders were killed in the conflict, including the chief of the Revolutionary Guard, Gen. Hossein Salami, and the head of the Guard&#8217;s ballistic missile program, Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. also conducted airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities during the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/james-laporta\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">James  LaPorta<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">James LaPorta is a national security coordinating producer in CBS News&#8217; Washington bureau. He is a former U.S. Marine infantryman and veteran of the Afghanistan war.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was injured during one of Israel&#8217;s attacks on Iran, two U.S. intelligence sources have confirmed to CBS News.\u00a0 The sources told CBS News that reports in Iranian state-run media are accurate that Pezeshkian was attending a Supreme National Security Council meeting when the Israeli strike happened. 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