"Khamenei's position is surely weakened," Arash Azizi, who unveiled an alleged plot against the supreme leader, told Newsweek.

Rights activists in Iran fear intensified crackdowns following Israel’s military campaign targeting Iran’s nuclear program

Iran said that more than 900 people were killed in its nearly two-week war with Israel, which subsided with a ceasefire shortly after the U.S. carried out strikes on three of Iran’s underground nuclear facilities.