He's dead Jim!
Uncertainty over Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei’s health and the ambiguity around Iran’s leadership are raising questions about who is in charge, the Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday.
“Whether Mojtaba is well is a question we have been asking since February 28,” Dr. Thamar Eilam Gindin said Tuesday in a radio interview, the outlet reported.
“The answer changes with every leak. Rumors that he is dead are multiplying, which is what many thought from the beginning," Gindin said.
Speculation intensified after a ceremony in a small Iranian city honoring “martyrs of the war,” where Mojtaba's photograph reportedly appeared among the images displayed.
Gindin said Mojtaba roles have also largely been unofficial or unclear.
“There is a group, and it is not clear who they are, that says things in Mojtaba’s name and uses him as legitimacy for the decisions they make,” she said.
She described what has been called the Iranian “deep state,” adding it remains unclear who belongs to the group, how it operates, or how decisions are made.
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