From Breitbart:
U.S. and Israeli intelligence agencies are scrambling to determine who is actually running Iran after the regime’s newly installed “supreme leader” Mojtaba Khamenei — who has not been seen or heard from publicly since the opening strikes of the war that killed his father — again failed to appear publicly for Nowruz, the Persian New Year.
Officials are warning there is “no proof that he is taking the helm” and describing the situation as “beyond weird.”
The uncertainty has intensified as the CIA, Mossad, and other intelligence bodies step up efforts to assess Mojtaba’s condition, whereabouts, and role in Iran’s wartime command structure, according to a report by Axios, which noted the question has surfaced repeatedly in intelligence briefings for President Donald Trump as officials attempt to identify who is issuing orders in Tehran.
Mojtaba broke precedent by not delivering a televised Nowruz address, instead issuing a written message on Telegram.
“We would have expected to see Mojtaba too in some form,” a U.S. official said, calling the absence “a big red flag.”
“We have no evidence that he is really the one giving orders,” a senior Israeli official agreed.
“It’s beyond weird,” a U.S. official added, emphasizing, “We don’t think the Iranians would have gone through all this trouble to choose a dead guy as the supreme leader, but at the same time, we have no proof that he is taking the helm.”
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