A number of Iranian leaders, both civilians and those in government, are weighing options for shifting power away from Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. “In the days leading up to the American intervention, a group of Iranian businessmen, political and military figures, and relatives of high-ranking clerics, two sources involved in the discussions told me, had begun hatching a plan for running Iran without Khamenei – whether in the event of the 86-year-old leader’s death or of his being pushed aside,” Arash Azizi of The Atlantic reported. According to the report, Khamenei could be “informally sidelined…by insiders who pressure or persuade him to pass real power to a temporary replacement.” Azizi’s sources believe it unlikely that Iran’s Assembly of Experts will officially vote Khamenei out during this time, and contend that an informal sidelining is a more plausible route. “Ours is just one idea,” one of his sources said. “Tehran is now full of such plots. They are also talking to Europeans about the future of Iran. Everybody knows Khamenei’s days are numbered. Even if he stays in office, he won’t have actual power.” https://allisraelnews.com/report-iranian-officials-preparing-plots-to-sideline-khamenei [57 minutes] The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a much-awaited report Wednesday on the results of the U.S. airstrike on Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility on Sunday, saying it made the site “inoperable.” International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Grossi said on Tuesday that his agency does not know the whereabouts of Iran’s enriched uranium stash, which could include up to 900 pounds of near-weapons-grade material. Three days before the U.S. airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, Grossi said Iran was building a vast new enrichment complex at Isfahan. Much of Iran’s existing stockpile could have been transferred there, although he said it was impossible to know for certain without on-site inspections. Fox News host Martha MacCallum asked Grossi about his earlier statements in an interview on Tuesday. Grossi told MacCallum that Iranian officials have told him the uranium stockpile is safe and being protected from further Israeli or U.S. action, possibly by moving it between different locations.
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