Ayatollah picks successors amid U.S-Israel assassination fears

2026-02-23 - 15:38

Ayatollah picks successors amid U.S-Israel assassination fears Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has reportedly prepared contingency plans and identified three possible successors in the event he is assassinated or dies, as tensions with the United States and Israel intensify. According to senior officials, authority has also been distributed across multiple layers of the political