The hunt for the Iranian elite began; Khamenei's inner circle flee

[Starmix]

According to the report, Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei has been declared a target of Israel's Operation People Like a Lion for the first time. This was done after the Jewish state took on a new wave of Iranian attacks on the morning of June 19, which included the destruction of a hospital in the south of the country. While inspecting the missile impact sites, Defense Minister Israel Katz of İsrael stated for the first time that Khamenei now has no right to live. According to him, as part of the military campaign, the IDF forces received “instructions and know that to achieve all the goals, Khamenei must undoubtedly no longer exist.” “This is a person who has stood at the head of a powerful nation for decades and has enormous ideological influence,” the defense minister explained. “He uses it and openly declares that he supports the destruction of Israel. He mobilizes all available resources, even at the expense of his own people, for this purpose. And today we see evidence that he gives the order to shell hospitals and residential buildings.” Arriving at the Soroka hospital, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu himself publicly supported the topic of eliminating Iran's supreme leader.

The report also stated that the head of government explained that "no one is immune" from an Israeli operation and that all options "are on the table," but did not provide additional details about the operational plans. The Israeli leadership has tried to tactfully avoid the topic of Khamenei’s possible elimination since the start of Operation People Like a Lion, but in public speeches, Netanyahu has regularly pointed to a possible regime change in Iran as one of the indirect results of the military campaign. As several high-ranking Iranian sources told Reuters, Khamenei's inner circle, which consisted of 15-20 military advisers before the war, was significantly thinned out in the first days of the military campaign.

However, according to these sources, the survivors include government officials who advise Iran's supreme leader on diplomatic, general political, and economic issues. However, the changes in the Islamic Republic's leadership have provoked serious problems within the mechanism of government decision-making and increased the likelihood of strategic miscalculations to an "extremely dangerous" level, Reuters sources admit. According to multiple recent reports, Ali Asghar Hejazi — Khamenei’s senior intelligence advisor and a powerful figure within the Islamic Republic’s security apparatus — has entered secret negotiations with Russia to secure an escape route for himself and his family. Russian officials, it is claimed, have offered to guarantee his safe passage out of Iran should the regime collapse or the security situation spiral out of control. Hejazi is no ordinary official. He stands at the nexus of Iran’s intelligence and security structure, controlling access to Khamenei and overseeing critical internal operations. If even he is seeking an exit strategy, it speaks volumes about the level of fear and instability within the regime. The Indian outlet The Week likewise reported “secret contacts with Russian intermediaries to plan a secure corridor out of the country in case of regime failure or foreign escalation.”



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[Kross]

Being a part of the Iranian administration is a big risk now. You might die anytime because of being a part of the administration. B

 

[King Belieal]

One has to give it to the Israeli intelligence system. They have been very precise with targeting members of the ruling class.

 

[Starmix]

Indeed, Israel is very good and precise in targeting the person they want to eliminate. Khameini is now on the run. His secret bunker was destroyed by the IDF.