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Khamenei's inner circle nearly hollowed out
Hindustan Times Lucknow
|June 18, 2025
Iran's 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei cuts an increasingly lonely figure.
DUBAI: Khamenei has seen his main military and security advisers killed by Israeli air strikes, leaving major holes in his inner circle and raising the risk of strategic errors, according to five people familiar with his decision-making process.
One of those sources, who regularly attends meetings with Khamenei, described the risk of miscalculation to Iran on issues of defence and internal stability as "extremely dangerous".
This story is from the June 18, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Lucknow.
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