IRAN’S Supreme Leader will hand power to his son as his health deteriorates, a journalist claims.
Momahad Ahwaze last night said that Mojtaba Khamenei, 51, was poised to take the reins amid increasing tensions with Israel and the US following the assassination of top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has allegedly seen his health deteriorateCredit: Reuters
reported.
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dubbed Mojtaba the “gatekeeper to Iran’s supreme leader”, and suggested that Khamenei was looking to position his son as his successor.
No official confirmation has yet been made on the alleged transfer of power and media outlets have been unable to independently verify Mr Ahwaze’s claims.
Following the passing of the law, the speaker of Iran’s Parliament, Mohammed Baqer Qalibaf, said “the criminal enemy will not feel remorse unless we show a fierce reaction” to the death of Fakhrizadeh.
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that Israel was behind the attack, which bears the hallmarks of its Mossad spy agency.
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