ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Wednesday said that the Islamic Regime has a mechanism in place to replace the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in case the US decides to assassinate him.

“I’ve seen suggestions in US media about assassinating the Supreme Leader, but this is a system. It is a well-established mechanism that exists within the system itself, so nothing would collapse. Everyone would be replaced through established procedures,” Araghchi said in an interview with India Today.

“Our system does not depend on individuals. It is supported by the people. So, I am not worried at all. Even in the middle of war, nothing collapsed, and we were able to continue our self-defense,” he said.

Hezbollah will join war if US targets Khamenei, official warns

This comes after a Hezbollah official told AFP earlier on Wednesday that the Lebanese terror group will not get involved militarily if the United States carries out “limited” strikes against Iran.

According to the official, the organization would intervene if the United States tried to harm Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, which was defined as a “red line.”

Meanwhile, Israel has sent an indirect message to Lebanon that it would strike Lebanon hard, targeting civilian infrastructure, including the airport, in the event that Hezbollah gets involved in any US-Iran war, two senior Lebanese officials said on Tuesday in an interview with Reuters.

The IDF dealt heavy blows to the Iran-backed terror group during the war in 2024, killing its leader Hassan Nasrallah along with thousands of its fighters and destroying much of its arsenal.

IDF destroys Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon

On Wednesday, the IDF released a report detailing the recent strikes against Hezbollah terror assets, which included missile launchers, weapon manufacturing sites, and command centers for elite units.

“Over the past several months, IDF troops have been operating in southern Lebanon to dismantle terrorist infrastructure and prevent attempts by the Hezbollah terrorist organization to rearm,” the military said.

According to the brief, IDF operations included strikes against “weapons and terrorist infrastructure, including observation and firing positions in which anti-tank launchers were located.”

The IDF said that the presence of weapons and terrorists in southern Lebanon constituted a “blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon.”

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