Overview

• Iranian state media reported that Ali Shamkhani, adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, survived an Israeli strike on June 13 despite earlier death claims
• State-controlled outlets Fars News Agency and Mehr say Shamkhani is hospitalized with serious injuries and in stable condition
• Shamkhani released a message declaring he is “alive and ready to sacrifice myself”
• Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi narrowly avoided an assassination attempt in Tehran, according to adviser Mohammad Hossein Rangbaran
• These incidents underscore fears that covert strikes could spiral into a wider Iran-Israel confrontation across the Middle East