This guy is a nasty piece of work. Parlayed intelligence agent stuff into being maybe the most wired-in person in the country.
From Iran International, June 15:
Top Khamenei aide in talks with Russia for possible evacuation plan
Iran International has obtained information indicating that Ali Asghar Hejazi, deputy chief of staff to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, is in negotiations with Russian officials to secure a potential exit from Iran for himself and his family if the situation deteriorates.
According to the information, a senior Russian official has assured Hejazi that in case of escalation, Moscow would facilitate his evacuation via a secure corridor.
Other senior Iranian officials have reportedly received similar contacts, with some already finalizing their own exit routes.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video statement Saturday that senior Iranian leaders were “packing their bags.”
And the former Syrian dictator?
The humiliated Assads' new life in Russia: Syrian monster, his British wife and children take their $2bn fortune to Moscow where family own '$40m portfolio of flats' including luxury apartments in Russia's eighth-highest building