A Western intelligence agency warned the United States that Iran was plotting to kill President Donald Trump during his visit to Ankara for a major NATO summit, prompting a last-minute switch of presidential aircraft and extraordinary security measures that included ordering reporters to keep their window shades closed during takeoff.
The warning, first reported by Israeli broadcaster Channel 12, indicated that senior Iranian officials viewed Trump’s trip to Turkey as an opportunity to assassinate the American president. The intelligence prompted Trump’s security detail to abandon the new Qatar-donated Air Force One in favor of an older model that the Secret Service considered better equipped for the threat environment.
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