This development comes at a time when the country is embroiled in an intensifying conflict with Israel.

New Delhi: According to speculative reports from Tehran, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has fallen into a coma and is still “seriously ill.”

According to reports, a meeting of senior government officials had chosen a successor to the 85-year-old Supreme Leader in September.

This development comes at a time when the country is embroiled in an intensifying conflict with Israel.

According to reports, Tehran secretly chose his successor in late September – with ailing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei possibly abdicating before his death. A report from Iran International shows that his son Mojtaba Khamenei will take the top role as long as his father is alive.