{"id":2450315,"date":"2025-06-21T22:47:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T02:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/never-before-seen-elite-unit-activates-around-ayatollah-khamenei\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T22:48:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T02:48:17","slug":"never-before-seen-elite-unit-activates-around-ayatollah-khamenei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/never-before-seen-elite-unit-activates-around-ayatollah-khamenei\/","title":{"rendered":"Never-Before-Seen Elite Unit Activates Around Ayatollah Khamenei"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnever-before-seen-elite-unit-activates-around-ayatollah-khamenei%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2450315&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Amidst escalating tensions involving Israel and the United States, reports indicate that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is now protected by an undisclosed unit of bodyguards, suggesting heightened concerns for his safety. An unnamed Iranian official revealed that this specially vetted group was unknown even to senior members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), emphasizing the serious threat khamenei faces. Unlike former Syrian leader bashar al-Assad, Khamenei is reportedly committed to staying in Iran despite the dangers. <\/p>\n<p>The report suggests Khamenei may be living in a secure location, possibly underground near the IRGC&#8217;s media operations center in Tehran, and avoids electronic communication to prevent being tracked. He continues to make critical military decisions from hiding, including the appointment of replacements for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-trump-issues-ominous-warning-directly-to-tehran-immediately-evacuate\/\" title=\"Breaking: Trump Issues Ominous Warning Directly to ... - \u2018Immediately Evacuate\u2019\">key military leaders<\/a> who have recently been assassinated amid Israeli attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Following such unprecedented actions, commentary from unnamed U.S. sources described Khamenei&#8217;s selection of potential successors as indicative of his fear. The situation reflects a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-blames-bidens-weakness-and-surrender-for-deadly-militia-attack\/\" title=\"Trump accuses Biden of being weak and surrendering, leading to a deadly militia attack\">significant security breach<\/a> within iran, leaving the nation&#8217;s top leaders vulnerable. recently, an Israeli airstrike targeted a high-ranking IRGC official involved in planning attacks against Israel, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >highlighting ongoing military operations<\/a> that threaten the Iranian leadership.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Amid fear of assassination as Israel and now the United States pummels Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is now being guarded by a unit not known to exist until now, according to a new report.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/world-news\/2025\/06\/21\/how-trump-and-netanyahu-could-kill-khamenei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Telegraph<\/a>, a previously unknown group of bodyguards who have been thoroughly vetted is guarding Khamenei.<\/p>\n<p>Senior officials within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps did not even know about the unit, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But his life is in danger, and there is a unit responsible for his protection that no one even knew existed to avoid any chance of infiltration,&rdquo; an Iranian official The Telegraph did not name said.<\/p>\n<p>The official said unlike former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/israel-killed-9-iranian-nuke-scientists-sleep-special-unidentified-weapon-used-simultaneous-assassinations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Khamenei<\/a> has no plan to leave.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He is in Iran and is not going anywhere. He won&rsquo;t flee like the coward Assad,&rdquo; the official said.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear where Khamenei lives these days. The Telegraph report said it was possible he lived beneath or near the IRGC media operations center in central Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>A report in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/06\/21\/world\/middleeast\/iran-ayatollah-israel-war.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> said Khamenei communicates to Iranian commanders through an aide and avoids electronic communication so that he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/israel-accuses-iran-war-crimes-serious-kind-vows-take-things-new-level\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cannot be tracked<\/a>. The Times cited Iranian officials it did not name as its sources.<\/p>\n<p>From hiding, he has picked replacements for military leaders in the event they are killed by Israeli attacks, as many of Iran&rsquo;s top military leaders have been since Israel attacked the country on June 13.<\/p>\n<p>He has also picked three top Islamic clerics as the candidates to replace him.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is clear that we had a massive security and intelligence breach; there is no denying this,&rdquo; Mahdi Mohammadi, a top adviser to Iran&rsquo;s speaker of Parliament, Gen. Mohammad Ghalibaf, said in an audio recording analyzing the war. &ldquo;Our senior commanders were all assassinated within one hour.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In the aftermath of Khamenei&rsquo;s unprecedented action to name potential successors, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/21\/world-news\/irans-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-picking-supreme-leader-successors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> carried what it said was a comment from a source close to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you need any more evidence that the ayatollah is shaking in his boots, look no further than him identifying his three stooges,&rdquo; the source, who was not named, said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Like the new head of the Iranian military whom the Israelis killed last week only days after he was promoted, these guys are not long for this world,&rdquo; a source the Post said was a &ldquo;former Trump administration national security official&rdquo; told the outlet. &ldquo;Their new godly command should be to book a one-way ticket out of the country ASAP.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Israel continued to decimate Iran&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/know-losing-increasingly-desperate-iran-asks-people-delete-israeli-app-phones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leadership,<\/a> according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/irgc-palestinian-division-chief-an-architect-of-oct-7-killed-in-overnight-strike-in-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Times of Israel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An Israeli airstrike killed Saeed Izadi, the head of the Palestine Corps in the IRGC Quds Force, the Israel Defense Forces said.<\/p>\n<p>Izadi was &ldquo;one of the architects&rdquo; of Hamas&rsquo;s Oct. 7, 2023, massacre &ldquo;and among the few who knew of it prior to its execution,&rdquo; the IDF asserted.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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This group has been carefully vetted, and even senior officials in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps were unaware of its existence. An unnamed Iranian official stated that Khamenei&#8217;s life is at risk, which necessitated this secretive protection unit to prevent infiltration. Unlike former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, Khamenei has no intention of fleeing. The report suggests he may reside near the IRGC media operations center in Tehran and communicates with commanders through an aide to avoid electronic tracking. Following recent Israeli attacks that have killed several top military leaders, Khamenei has appointed potential successors among military leaders and clerics. A senior adviser acknowledged a significant security breach after many commanders were assassinated quickly during these attacks. Additionally, an anonymous source close to the White House commented on Khamenei&#8217;s fearfulness regarding his identified successors&#8217; safety amidst ongoing Israeli strikes targeting Iranian leadership figures like Saeed Izadi from the IRGC Quds Force<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2450316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Ayatollah.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[57602,57655,57657,57656,50611],"class_list":["post-2450315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-ayatollah-khamenei","tag-elite-unit","tag-intelligence-operations","tag-military-activation","tag-national-security-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Ayatollah.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2450315"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2450319,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450315\/revisions\/2450319"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2450316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2450315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2450315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2450315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}