Iran's 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei cuts an increasingly lonely figure.

Israel has already taken out top ranking officials including the chief of staff of the Iranian military and the commander-in-chief of the IRGC since the conflict erupted on Friday

The supreme leader finds himself isolated by the losses of his key security advisers, raising the risk of strategic miscalculations.

Iran's 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei cuts an increasingly lonely figure.

With the war with Israel escalating, the successor for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is already being discussed in some political circles