Arab TV discloses plot to kill Khamenei, Iran minister

TEHRAN: Aab TV has disclosed a covert plot to kill Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and its petroleum minister, major general Rostam Qasemi.

The TV mentioned secret reports obtained by its sources from the house of Ayatollah Khamenei which said the supreme leader had recently held a meeting with Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, chairman of Expediency Discernment Council.

The meeting held at an unknown location in Tehran discussed the intelligence pointing to an alleged plot to murder Khamenei and Rostem Qasemi.

Meanwhile, sources have said that Ayatollah Ali Khamemei had sent on forced retirement a dozen officials of Iran Revolutionary Guards. The reason for the move has not been made public.