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

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.

The current ceasefire between Israel and Iran is fragile and likely temporary, with both sides expressing deep mutual distrust. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has warned that “immunity is over” for Iran,