Iran's supreme leader makes unprecedented decision amid fears he'll be assassinated
BREAKING NEWSIran's supreme leader makes unprecedented decision amid fears he'll be assassinated
By SOPHIE GABLE
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has made the remarkable decision to name his potential successors in the event that he is assassinated.
Khamenei, who is hiding out in a bunker, picked an array of leaders to take over both his military and political duties if he is killed in Israeli airstrikes, NYT reports.
Tensions in the Mideast region have fired up in recent days - with both Iran and Israel launches barrages of strikes on one another as Trump toys with the decision for US military intervention.
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Israel launched the largest military assault on Iran since the war in Iraq last week, intensifying the already fragile relationship between the two regions.
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Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has picked multiple replacements in case he is killed as military tensions escalate in the Middle East
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