India, June 17 -- Amid Israel's unrelenting attacks on Iran to stop it from going further with its nuclear plans, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, once backed by a close-knit web of trusted commanders and strategists, now finds himself increasingly isolated after a string of targeted Israeli airstrikes that have decimated his inner circle.

At 86, Ayatollah Khamenei appears to be steering Iran through one of its most perilous geopolitical moments, whilst himself being one if Israel's main targets, with several of his top military and intelligence advisers either dead or missing-shaking the core of his decision-making apparatus and sparking concerns of steps that could potentially backfire.

According to a Reuters report, whi...