Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei Seriously Ill, Son Likely To Be Successor: Report

Tehran: A day after Israel conducted aerial strikes on Iran, reports are coming in that the Persian country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was seriously ill and that a battle for succession has already begun.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) are assessing to have a say in who will succeed him.

The reports coming in from Tehran say that 85-year-old Ali Khamenei’s second-oldest son, Mojtaba Khamenei, 55, is seen as a likely successor amid rising tensions with Israel, says The New York Times.

The events are unfolding at a time when Iran is reportedly contemplating retaliatory strikes on the Jewish state.