The Israeli intelligence shared with the Trump administration of Iranian threats to assassinate Trump reflected a desire among elements of Tehran’s hardline leadership to target the American leader, CNN reports, citing sources

The new commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Ahmad Vahidi, was part of the group advocating for such a plan, the Israeli source told CNN.  Vahidi has been included in lists of “obstructionists” within the regime who are viewed by the Trump administration as actively undermining negotiations, according to a source familiar with US planning.  The US has considered directly targeting leaders on the list if full-scale war resumes, the source said. Two US sources familiar with the matter said recent US intelligence assessments show no indication of a new, specific Iranian plot to kill Trump, but rather a steady drumbeat of chatter about various Iranian actors wanting to do so.