Iran’s top authority, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is reportedly experiencing an unprecedented psychological strain, according to a Reuters report released Wednesday morning.
The report indicates that the recent Israeli strikes inside Iran have significantly unsettled Khamenei, raising deep concerns for him about the potential for critical misjudgments in the wake of the deaths of numerous senior officials in his inner circle.
Sources familiar with Khamenei’s situation say that the sweeping blow delivered to Iran’s high-level security figures at the onset of Operation “Rising Lion,” along with the swift replacement of those lost, has created instability that could result in grave miscalculations by Tehran’s leadership.
In recent days, the Iranian opposition outlet Iran International revealed that Khamenei and his family had been relocated by security personnel to a heavily protected, undisclosed bunker situated in the mountainous region north of the capital, Tehran.
Earlier in the week, reports emerged that Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu had not dismissed the possibility of targeting Khamenei directly.
In a conversation with ABC, Netanyahu responded to concerns that such a move would escalate tensions, saying, “On the contrary, he argued, it would lead to de-escalation and regime change within the Islamic Republic.”
Meanwhile, according to international media coverage, President Donald Trump recently blocked an operation aimed at assassinating Ayatollah Khamenei.
{Matzav.com}