Reports circulate alleging evacuation of Iranian leaders families
Published June 14th, 2025 - 06:25 GMT
ALBAWABA - As military tensions between Iran and Israel rise, there have been a number of unproven stories on social media and opposition media sources saying that the families of high-ranking Iranian officials are being quietly taken out of the country.
Sources in the Iranian resistance say that video has been released that supposedly shows private planes taking families of top regime leaders out of Iran. A fifth plane is said to have recently left Iranian airspace and was flying low between mountains on its way to the Russian border, according to one source. The reasons for these reported evacuations are still not clear, but there is rising talk that some Iranian leaders may be running away because they are afraid of vengeance from Israel or trouble in their own country.
People on social media have made symbolic connections to the plane that took Ayatollah Khomeini back to Iran in 1979, saying that these planes are now taking regime supporters out of the country that is in danger.
Even though none of these claims have been publicly confirmed by Iranian officials, they have sparked a public discussion about how confident the Iranian government is in the face of growing pressure from outside the country and unrest within it.
Iranian opposition media outlets are circulating footage claiming to show families of regime leaders being evacuated from Iran pic.twitter.com/gPnAooUuT0 — Michael A. Horowitz (@michaelh992) June 14, 2025
Iran and Israel are still firing missiles and drones at each other, and the whole region is on high watch in case things get worse. — د. مشكك (@Dr__Sceptic) June 14, 2025
On the same day, Israeli Channel 13 reported that the families of several cabinet members and ministers have also been moved to safe places inside Israel in case Iran attacks in response to current military operations. This is happening even though there are still limits on flights and the security situation in the area is generally unstable.
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