Israel warns US of alleged Iran plot to assassinate Trump

The reports come as renewed US and Iranian attacks raised fears of a return to all-out war, and after Trump’s puzzling use of an old plane to depart from Turkey after the NATO summit in Ankara.

Trump noted being Iran's target amid ongoing US-Iran diplomacy.

For more than four decades, U.S. policy toward the Islamic Republic has centered on containment and deterrence.

This recalibration is based on the premise that direct military, political and economic pressure, despite imposing costs, has failed to produce the desired shift in Iran’s behaviour, power configuration or strategic orientation.