Ayatollah Khamenei amechagua warithi watatu, watarajiwa akiwa amejificha chini ardhini ) Kiongozi Mkuu wa Iran Ali Khamenei amewateua makasisi watatu kama warithi watarajiwa akiwa amejificha kwenye chumba cha kulala. chini ya ardhi huku akikabiliwa na vitisho vya kuuawa na Israel katika vita vinavyoendelea, gazeti la New York Times linaripoti. Khamenei pia ameanza kujaza nafasi za makamanda wakuu walioondolewa na Israel, kwa mujibu wa ripoti hiyo, ambayo inawataja maafisa watatu wa Iran wanaofahamu mipango hiyo. Kulingana na maafisa hao, mtoto wa Khamenei, Mojtaba, si miongoni mwa makasisi watatu walioteuliwa kuwa kiongozi mkuu. Ripoti za awali zilisema kwamba Khamenei alikuwa akimtayarisha mwanawe kuchukua nafasi baada ya kifo chake. Soma zaidi kwa kimombo, 1:49 pm
NYT: Khamenei has picked three potential successors, filled senior military posts from bunker
This photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, shows Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a televised speech, under a portrait of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, June 13, 2025. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
This photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, shows Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a televised speech, under a portrait of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, June 13, 2025. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has nominated three clerics as potential successors while hiding in a bunker as he faces threats of assassination by Israel in the ongoing war, The New York Times reports.
Khamenei has also begun filling spots of senior commanders eliminated by Israel, according to the report, which cites three Iranian officials familiar with the plans.
According to the officials, Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba, is not among the three clerics nominated to become the supreme leader. Previous reports have said that Khamenei was grooming his son to take over upon his death.