Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Planning for His Possible . . . Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has picked replacements in case military commanders die in Israeli strikes He has also named possible replacements for himself By Farnaz Fassihi Farnaz Fassihi has lived
Irans Ayatollah Ali Khamenei picks supreme leader successors Khamenei, 86, the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader since 1989, believes that either Israel or the US will try to kill him and crafted the list while holed up in a bunker, ordering his nation
Fearing assassination, Irans supreme leader Ayatollah . . . Khamenei would view his assassination as martyrdom, the report, quoting officials, said The 86-year-old has left his residence and is now sheltering in a bunker but that may not be enough to foil
Iran Israel war: Assassination fears grip Supreme Leader . . . 86-year-old Khamenei is aware that either Israel or the United States could try to assassinate him Given the possibility, the ayatollah has made the unusual decision to instruct his nation's Assembly of Experts, the clerical body responsible for appointing the supreme leader, to choose his successor swiftly from the three names he has provided
Facing Assassination Threat, Iran’s Khamenei Names Probable . . . Amid the assassination threat from Israel, the supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who is said to be sheltering in a bunker, has reportedly named three senior clerics as the potential successors in the event of his death amid the conflict between Israel and Iran According to a report by
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei names successors as . . . In the shadow of mounting military pressure and fears of assassination, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has reportedly moved to a secure underground bunker and suspended all electronic communications, drastically limiting his direct contact with top military commanders