The Iranian president injured slightly by escaping Israeli attacks | News Israel-Iran Conflict

More details emerge during the attempted assassination of June on President Masoud Pezeshkian and other officials by Israel.

Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian suffered minor injuries during an Israeli air strike at a meeting of the Supreme National Security Council in Tehran on June 15, a senior Iranian official said.

The assassination attempt targeted the heads of the three branches of the government in order to overthrow it, said the manager, speaking on condition of anonymity.

“This attempt will not pass without Israel paying a price,” he told Al Jazeera.

The strike was made shortly before noon during a meeting attended by the chiefs of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the government as well as other senior officials.

The semi-official news agency Fars also reported new details on the assassination attempt during Israel 12 -day war With Iran, which was announced for the first time by the Iranian president during an interview published on Monday.

The session took place at the lower level of a government installation in the west of Tehran when the attack began, Fars reported. The entrances and outings of the building were affected by six missiles to block the escape routes and cut the air flow.

Electricity was broken following the explosions, but Iranian officials managed to escape by a pre-wiped emergency hatch, including the president, who would have undergone minor injuries to the legs during the evacuation.

The news agency said the authorities launched an investigation into the possible presence of Israeli spies given the accuracy of the intelligence “enemy”.

‘They tried’

Last week, Pezeshkian said in an interview with the American media Tucker Carlson that Israel had tried to assassinate him. “They tried, yes … but they failed,” he said.

“It was not the United States that was behind my life attempt. It was Israel. I was in a meeting … They tried to bomb the area in which we were holding this meeting. ”

The comments come less than a month after Israel launched its without preceding on June 13 Bombing campaign against Irankilling the best nuclear military and scientific commanders.

The Israeli attacks took place two days before Tehran and Washington met for a new series of nuclear talks, blocking negotiations to conclude an agreement on the Iranian atomic program.

At least 1,060 people were killed in Iran during the conflict, according to the Iranian foundation of martyrs and veterans.

Israeli attacks have attracted waves of reprisals and missile drones, killing 28 people in Israel, the authorities said.

Iran has targeted the headquarters and the headquarters of Israeli intelligence with missiles and ballistic drones before the United States negotiated a cease-fire.