Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has not only picked replacements in his chain of military command in case they are killed in Israeli strikes, he has also named three senior clerics to replace him should he, too,

Iran’s supreme leader named three senior Islamic clerics as his potential successors in case he is killed in ongoing hostilities with Israel, the New York Times reported. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 86, named the clerics while hunkering down in a bunker in what appears to be the most obvious sign of a possible end to his over 35-year rule of Iran,

As the US weighs joining Israel’s assault on Iran, questions are mounting over whether such an intervention could trigger regime change in Tehran – an outcome that risks splintering the country and sending shockwaves across the region.