US EditionIs a ‘Regime Change’ in Iran Possible? What Happens if Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Is Killed?
- Last week, President Donald Trump directed a threat toward Iran’s top religious authority, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in the lead-up to U.S. airstrikes targeting the country’s nuclear facilities.
- This followed ongoing tensions marked by a three-man clerical committee accelerating efforts to select Khamenei’s successor amid repeated U.S. and Israeli military actions.
- Khamenei has gone into hiding, suspended electronic communications, and delegated leadership duties to his son Mojtaba Khamenei, who is considered a hardliner and potential successor alongside Hassan Khomeini.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stated the U.S. strikes “have not been about regime change,” while experts warn killing Khamenei risks total regime collapse, ethnic unrest, and internal strife.
- The situation creates uncertainty about Iran’s stability as delays in choosing a successor could fuel further conflict and complicate U.S. and Israeli strategic goals.
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Is a ‘regime change’ in Iran possible? What happens if Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is killed?
Without explicitly calling for a 'regime change' in Iran, US President Donald Trump had asked slyly: “If the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn’t there be a Regime change???”
'Closer than your neck vein': Israel's campaign against Iranian regime's inner circle
The Washington Post reports that, following military strikes, Israel launched a covert campaign to destabilize Tehran's regime. Operatives directly called senior Iranian officials, warning them to abandon Ayatollah Ali Khamenei or face death.
Iran is seeking a new leader in case the Ayatollah is killed
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s life could be at risk because Israel has said killing him is one of its highest war priorities, while President Donald Trump left the door open to a “regime change” on Sunday after explicitly stating he was an “easy target”. With all this in mind and taking into consideration the Ayatollah is 86 years old, Iran has ramped up the search for a… Source
According to Atlantic, a group of Iranian officials would be studying how to disband the Supreme Guide and form a board of directors to sign an agreement with the United States.
Although the Iranian regime is waning, the civil mobilization is too paralyzed by the war to overthrow it. The removal of the Supreme Leader is the hypothesis most evoked at the moment.
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