In the run-up to the United States and Israeli attacks on Saturday (Feb 28), the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) assessed that if Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the operation, he could be replaced by hardline figures from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), two sources briefed on the intelligence said. Khamenei was reportedly killed in strikes on Saturday by the US and Israel. CIA's assessments, which were produced over the past two weeks, looked broadly at what could occur in Iran following a US intervention and the extent to which a military operation could trigger regime ... (full story)