The Iran Threat JNS - Jewish News Syndicate FEB 27, 2026
Khamenei remains in control despite isolation, new report says
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“If you want to change the system, you have to kill Khamenei and the bayt before you do anything else,” Saeid Golkar told JNS.
As the Trump administration considers renewed military strikes against Iran, one question facing policymakers is who is calling the shots in Tehran.
In January, Iran International, a U.K.-based opposition outlet, reported that Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has moved into an underground bunker amid security fears.
The New York Times reported on Sunday that day-to-day control in Iran has largely passed to Ali Larijani, the country’s most senior defense official, as secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.
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