Hypothesis over the well being of Iran’s Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has intensified amid heightened tensions between Israel and Iran. The 85-year-old cleric is reportedly in a coma or presumably lifeless, based on unsourced social media claims, although these stay unverified.
Whereas Iranian officers haven’t commented on the rumors, Khamenei did his greatest to downplay hypothesis by publishing a photograph of himself with an Iranian ambassador. The tactic has did not silence the rumor mill, although.
Israeli Information web site Ynet Information, quoting Iran Worldwide, reported that Khamenei is affected by a harmful sickness. The New York Instances additionally mentioned the Supreme Chief is “significantly unwell.”
Including to the muddle, misinformation researcher Tal Hagin identified that a few of the photos circulating broadly on social media date again to 2014, additional obscuring the connection to the present scenario.
With out affirmation or denial from Iranian authorities, the rumors are including gasoline to the rising tensions between Israel and Iran.
The Succession Query
As considerations over Khamenei’s well being develop, questions on his succession have surfaced. In keeping with Ynet Information’, quoting ‘Iran Worldwide’, Khamenei has already chosen his successor—his second son, Mojtaba Khamenei.
In keeping with experiences, the choice occurred throughout a clandestine session of the Meeting of Consultants in Iran held on September 26. To the shock of many, the Supreme Chief had known as for an pressing meeting by all 60 members, asking them to agree on a successor instantly.
The method was removed from easy. Some meeting members resisted each the urgency of the choice and the selection of Mojtaba Khamenei. Nonetheless, underneath strain from Khamenei and his representatives-allegedly together with threats—a unanimous choice was finally reached, making certain Mojtaba’s choice.
These developments-if true-mark a second of nice significance in Iran’s political historical past. But, neither the rumors in regards to the Supreme Chief’s well being nor experiences of Mojtaba as his successor have been confirmed or denied by the Iranian authorities.
