Iran's supreme leader warned Hezbollah chief to flee Lebanon before assassination: Report

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah to flee Lebanon for Iran days before he was assassinated by Israel, Reuters reported.

The warning came as a result of Iranian intelligence which detected an Israeli plan to kill Nasrallah, using spies inside Hezbollah.

Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps commander, Brigadier General Abbas Nilforousha, was the messenger Khamenei sent to warn Nasrallah, according to Reuters. He was killed in the same strike.

Khamenei now believes Israel has infiltrated the Islamic government’s senior ranks.