_News_ | *Putin refuses to comment on possible Khamenei assassination* 👇 During a meeting with senior editors from international news agencies, Russian President Vladimir Putin—speaking in a calm tone and wearing a faint smile—refused to answer a question about what would happen if Israel were to assassinate Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. This came as the Russian Foreign Ministry warned the United States against military intervention in the war, saying such a move “would be an extremely dangerous step with truly unpredictable negative consequences.”