{"id":19007,"date":"2025-06-17T13:30:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T13:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=19007"},"modified":"2025-06-17T13:30:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T13:30:37","slug":"israels-defense-minister-threatens-khamenei-amid-rising-assassination-fears-and-iranian-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/06\/17\/israels-defense-minister-threatens-khamenei-amid-rising-assassination-fears-and-iranian-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel\u2019s Defense Minister Threatens Khamenei Amid Rising Assassination Fears and Iranian Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ai-optimize-6 ai-optimize-introduction\"><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz issued a direct threat to Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Tuesday, warning him of a \u201cfate similar to Saddam Hussein\u201d if Tehran continues targeting Israeli civilians.<\/p>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-18\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"b4e480ff-a0ef-4769-ae2d-988adb7291cc\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-8\" data-start=\"1004\" data-end=\"1091\">During a security briefing with top military officials, Katz said in a statement:\u201cI warn the Iranian dictator against continuing to commit war crimes and launch rockets at Israeli civilians. Israel will strike the Iranian dictator wherever he is.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"ai-optimize-9\" data-start=\"1267\" data-end=\"1312\">Khamenei Facing His Toughest Test Yet<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-10\" data-start=\"1314\" data-end=\"1543\">Despite surviving decades of crises, Khamenei now faces perhaps the gravest threat to his rule as unprecedented Israeli airstrikes decimate Iran\u2019s military leadership and rattle the very structure of the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-11\" data-start=\"1545\" data-end=\"1884\">Since succeeding Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989, Khamenei has led Iran through sanctions, unrest, and global isolation, including the harshly suppressed \u201cWoman, Life, Freedom\u201d protests of 2022\u20132023. At 86, his succession was already a concern, but the current war could determine the future of the regime\u2014and his personal survival.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-12\" data-start=\"1886\" data-end=\"2129\">A senior U.S. official recently revealed that President Donald Trump opposed an Israeli plan to assassinate Khamenei, while Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on Monday declared that killing the Supreme Leader would end the conflict.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18874\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18874\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18874 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/166.jpg\" alt=\"Amid rising military tension between Israel and Iran, former U.S. President Donald Trump warned Tehran\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/166.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/166-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/166-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18874\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israel Iran war 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"ai-optimize-13\" data-start=\"2136\" data-end=\"2188\">Internal Fragmentation and Elite Competition<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-14\" data-start=\"2190\" data-end=\"2253\">According to Arash Azizi, a Boston University researcher:\u201cKhamenei is in the twilight of his reign and no longer controls much of Iran\u2019s day-to-day leadership, which has fragmented among competing factions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-15\" data-start=\"2408\" data-end=\"2491\">The war, he added, is accelerating the fragmentation that was already underway.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"ai-optimize-16\" data-start=\"2498\" data-end=\"2530\">A Self-Inflicted Dilemma<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-17\" data-start=\"2532\" data-end=\"2778\">The assassinations of top Iranian commanders, including the Chief of Staff and IRGC leaders, have exposed Israel\u2019s deep intelligence reach and raised the possibility that Netanyahu might be considering targeting Khamenei directly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-18\" data-start=\"2780\" data-end=\"2992\">Khamenei, who hasn\u2019t traveled abroad since 1989, is surrounded by intense security, but experts say regime change efforts\u2014whether via internal coup support or targeted assassinations\u2014may already be in motion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-19\" data-start=\"2994\" data-end=\"3056\">According to Karim Sadjadpour of the Carnegie Endowment:\u201cKhamenei is now dealing with a crisis he created. He lacks the physical and cognitive clarity to lead Iran through a technologically advanced war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-20\" data-start=\"3209\" data-end=\"3316\">A weak response to Israel would erode his authority, while a strong one might risk regime collapse.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"ai-optimize-21\" data-start=\"3323\" data-end=\"3357\">A Strategic Miscalculation<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-22\" data-start=\"3359\" data-end=\"3535\">Jason Brodsky, policy director at United Against Nuclear Iran, argued that Khamenei\u2019s decades-long strategy of keeping conflict away from Iran\u2019s borders has failed:\u201cKhamenei has made a major miscalculation. Today\u2019s scale of attacks is far beyond anything Iran has faced since the early 1980s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-23\" data-start=\"3669\" data-end=\"3791\">He drew parallels with the chaos of post-revolutionary Iran, when a 1981 assassination attempt nearly killed Khamenei.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-24\" data-start=\"3793\" data-end=\"3901\">Now, however, the pace and intensity of conflict threaten to overwhelm Tehran\u2019s capacity to respond.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18871\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18871\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18871 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/16-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Yemeni Houthi movement announced on Sunday that it had carried out missile attacks on Israel in coordination with Iran\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/16-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/16-1-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/16-1-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Houthi and Iranian Attacks into Israel attack<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"ai-optimize-25\" data-start=\"3908\" data-end=\"3942\">Domestic Pressure Mounting<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-26\" data-start=\"3944\" data-end=\"4185\">The Israeli strikes, which reportedly preceded a new round of U.S.-Iran nuclear talks, have caught Iran off guard. Some Persian-language outlets have broadcast anti-Khamenei chants, but no mass protests have been reported so far.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-27\" data-start=\"4187\" data-end=\"4391\">Analyst Holly Dagres warned that while many Iranians want regime change, most are not willing to pay the price of blood and war, making any foreign-imposed shift in power deeply controversial.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"ai-optimize-28\" data-start=\"4398\" data-end=\"4437\">Netanyahu: \u201cWe Do What We Must\u201d<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-29\" data-start=\"4439\" data-end=\"4602\">Speaking to Fox News, Netanyahu hinted that Israeli strikes could eventually result in regime change, though he emphasized the Iranian people should lead it:\u201cThat could be the outcome. The regime is very weak. I believe 80% of the people would oust these wicked clerics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-30\" data-start=\"4721\" data-end=\"4835\">When asked if there really was an Israeli plan to assassinate Khamenei that was blocked by the U.S., he replied:\u201cWe do what we must\u2014and I believe the U.S. knows that\u2019s in their interest too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-31\" data-start=\"4919\" data-end=\"4999\">Still, experts cautioned against believing a popular uprising is imminent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-31\" data-start=\"4919\" data-end=\"4999\">\u201cThe idea that a mass protest will lead to regime change or elevate an exiled opposition leader is not grounded in reality,\u201d said Azizi.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18869\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18869\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18869 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/19888.jpg\" alt=\"Israeli police commander of the Ayalon District, Daniel Haddad, announced on Sunday that 6 people were killed, 180 injured, and 7 missing in the city of Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/19888.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/19888-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/19888-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18869\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iran Israel missile strikes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"ai-optimize-32\" data-start=\"5145\" data-end=\"5189\">Conclusion: A Tipping Point for Iran<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-33\" data-start=\"5191\" data-end=\"5494\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">As Israeli attacks increase and internal leadership fragments, Khamenei stands at the center of Iran\u2019s greatest test since 1979.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-33\" data-start=\"5191\" data-end=\"5494\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Whether through military collapse, internal revolt, or political transition, the fate of the Islamic Republic may now hinge on decisions made in the days ahead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"text-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"absolute\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"pointer-events-none h-px w-px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-edge=\"true\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz issued a direct threat to Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Tuesday, warning him of a \u201cfate similar to Saddam Hussein\u201d if Tehran continues targeting Israeli civilians. 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