Iran has accused the US of allowing faulty intelligence to drive it into war, as new reports revealed that CIA analysts doubted an Israeli warning that triggered a secret security operation during President Donald Trump’s visit to Turkey.
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Thursday that Washington “has long miscalculated due to intelligence failures”, including when it launched its war on Iran.
He said US actions in the Strait of Hormuz represented “an even bigger miscalculation”.
“Worse than fake news is fake intelligence,” Araghchi wrote on X.
His comments came as The Washington Post confirmed earlier reporting by Middle East Eye that Turkish officials viewed an Israeli warning about an Iranian plot to assassinate Trump during last month’s Nato summit in Ankara as a ruse designed to undermine negotiations with Tehran.
