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CIA assessed hardliners would replace Khamenei if killed, IRGC vows retaliation

Feb 28, 20266 sources

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Prior to recent attacks, the CIA assessed that if Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei were killed, he would likely be replaced by hardline elements from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Following Khamenei's reported killing, the IRGC has vowed a 'ferocious' retaliation against the US and Israel. President Donald Trump also warned the IRGC to surrender or face certain death.

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