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Mossad warned CIA of Iran drone plot against Trump, reports say

Israeli intelligence agency alerted US to alleged Iranian plan to target president and officials.

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Ιρανικό σχέδιο επίθεσης με drones κατά του Τραμπ αποκαλύπτει ισραηλινό δημοσίευμα: Οι προειδοποιήσεις της Μοσάντ στη CIA και το προηγούμενο με το Air Force One

What this story says

  • Mossad warned the CIA of an alleged Iranian plot to target President Donald Trump and senior US officials with explosive-laden drones, according to Israeli media.
  • Following the warning, US officials including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were reportedly moved to secure locations.
  • President Trump has reduced his public appearances and received additional security protection.
  • President Trump removed Vice President JD Vance from Iran talks, stating a deal was no longer necessary.

Who covered it

Left 0%(0)Centre 12%(1)Right 88%(7)

Percentages are shares of the 8 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 21 of the 29 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

60/100

Craft

60/100

Hype

45/100

29 sources · methodology

Thin on the left so far

None of the 8 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

Israel's intelligence agency Mossad warned the CIA of an alleged Iranian plot to target President Donald Trump and senior US officials with explosive-laden drones, according to reports in Israeli media. Senior Israeli and American officials reportedly shared this intelligence with Israel Hayom. The intelligence suggested that the drones could carry explosives and would be difficult to stop with regular security measures.

Following the warning, US officials including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were reportedly moved to secure locations. President Trump has also received additional security protection and has reduced his public appearances. The reports also state that President Trump removed Vice President JD Vance from Iran talks, saying a deal was no longer necessary.

Disagreement on corroboration

While most reports state that Mossad shared intelligence with the CIA, one unrated outlet, thepressroom.gr, questioned whether American services had independent evidence to confirm the Mossad's warning.

What the coverage left out

None of the centre or right-rated reports mentioned the specific figure of "hundreds of billions of dollars" that President Trump referenced in his statement about not needing a deal with Iran, as reported by the Hindustan Times.

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 2 times, most recently on 15 Nov 2026, 02:30, and will add the sides that appear.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

0 rated outlets

No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.

Centre

1 rated outlet

  • The Hindustan Times led with the warning from Mossad to the CIA about an alleged Iranian plot to attack President Donald Trump and senior US officials with explosive-laden drones. It reported that senior Israeli and American officials shared this intelligence with Israel Hayom. The outlet detailed that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were moved to secure locations, and that Trump had received additional security and reduced public appearances. The Hindustan Times also reported that Trump removed Vice President JD Vance from Iran talks, with Trump stating that a deal was no longer necessary and referencing "hundreds of billions of dollars" and "their Strait."

Right

7 rated outlets

  • The right-rated reports focused on the alleged Iranian plot to attack President Donald Trump and senior US officials with drones, citing Mossad's warning to the CIA. Outlets such as Protothema, EADaily, VINnews, Interfax.ru, news-pravda.com, WIN, and Israel Hayom all highlighted this intelligence. Several reports noted that US officials, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, were moved to secure facilities. The reduction in Trump's public appearances was also a common point. Some reports, like WIN and Israel Hayom, mentioned that this intelligence contributed to Trump's withdrawal from negotiations with Tehran. Protothema's report included a tweet from Open Source Intel (@Osint613) stating that President Trump had scaled back public appearances and senior US officials were moved to secure facilities following intelligence of an Iranian drone plot.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Mossad warned CIA of Iran drone plot against Trump, reports say?
Of the 8 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 12% are rated centre, 88% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 29. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Mossad warned CIA of Iran drone plot against Trump, reports say left or right?
Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 8 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
Is the coverage of Mossad warned CIA of Iran drone plot against Trump, reports say biased?
Mossad warned CIA of Iran drone plot against Trump, reports say is one event reported by 29 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Mossad warned CIA of Iran drone plot against Trump, reports say?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Mossad warned CIA of Iran drone plot against Trump, reports say?
29 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What did Mossad allegedly warn the CIA about?
Mossad allegedly warned the CIA about an Iranian plot to target President Donald Trump and senior US officials with explosive-laden drones. This intelligence was reportedly shared by senior Israeli and American officials with Israel Hayom.
Which US officials were reportedly moved to secure locations?
Following the warning, US officials reportedly moved to secure locations included Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. President Trump also received additional security protection.
What was President Trump's response regarding Iran talks?
President Trump reportedly removed Vice President JD Vance from Iran talks, stating that a deal was no longer necessary. He also mentioned having "their money, Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, and we've got their Strait!"

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