Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader, has reportedly ceased using any form of electronic communication and now relays messages to military commanders solely through a hand-picked confidant due to fears for his life, according to a New York Times report published Sunday morning. The paper cited three Iranian officials with direct knowledge of Khamenei’s emergency wartime protocols.
These sources revealed that Israeli intelligence activity inside Iran’s defense and security infrastructure has deeply unsettled the leadership, including Khamenei himself. “Rattled the Iranian power structure, even Ayatollah Khamenei,” the officials said, as quoted by the NYT.
Amid these concerns, Iranian state-run media outlets have begun alerting the public to the dangers of using mobile devices, cautioning that tracking technology can be exploited for hostile operations.
According to Iranian authorities, Israel has used cell phone data to locate and assassinate individuals inside the country, including key figures involved in Iran’s nuclear program.
These developments follow President Donald Trump’s decision to coordinate with Israel in carrying out strikes on Iranian nuclear targets. They also come after a prior New York Times report disclosed that Khamenei had selected three prominent clerics as potential successors, should he be killed.
That earlier report noted that Khamenei has directed the Assembly of Experts—the body responsible for selecting the next supreme leader—to move quickly and pick his successor from among those three candidates, bypassing what would normally be a protracted selection process.
{Matzav.com}
I wonder if he is not really alive