India, June 18 -- Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad narrowly escaped an assassination attempt on Wednesday amid the conflict between Israel and Iran, News.Az reported, citing Iranian media sources. Neither Ahmadinejad's family nor Tehran has confirmed any such development.

According to News.Az, attackers tried to tamper with Ahmadinejad's car. However, his security team found out about the plan just in time to prevent a potential assassination.

Meanwhile, several social media users wondered where Ahmadinejad is amid the Iran-Israel conflict.

"Where is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad? He hasn't even tweeted since April," one person noted on X, platform formerly known as Twitter.

"According to unconfirmed reports, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, fo...