Why Khamenei didn't go into bunker? Iran Supreme Leader's aide explains
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Ayotallah Ali Khamenei's aide reveals why Iran Supreme Leader stayed put in a house despite repeated pleas
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the assassinated Supreme Leader of Iran, refused to leave his Tehran residence and move to a safer location or bunker despite repeated pleas from his associates, saying he would not seek safety unless there was a secure place for all 19 million people in Iran.
Speaking at the India Today Conclave in New Delhi, Abdul Majid Hakeem Ilahi, the representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader, said Khamenei, who had served as the country’s Supreme Leader for 37 years, decided to remain at his home even as tensions were escalating between Tehran, Washington and Tel Aviv.
"I asked his security team why they were not moving him to a safer place or another city, since his office and residence were well known. They said he refused and never agreed to do so. He said that if 'you can provide safe shelters for the 19 million citizens of Tehran, then I am ready to leave my house and move to another place'."
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