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Iran's Supreme Leader Is Holed Up in Undisclosed Location, U.S. Intelligence Says
(CBS News) Jennifer Jacobs - U.S. intelligence shows that Iran's supreme leader is effectively holed up in an undisclosed location with little access to the outside world and is only reached by a labyrinth of couriers, according to U.S. officials with knowledge of the matter. The Iranian officials authorized to work with the Trump administration have been having a difficult time communicating inside of their own government system - and it's a central reason why the details of a potential deal with Iran and past agreements have been slow to emerge. At this point, most Iranian leaders don't see daylight, spending weeks inside highly fortified bunkers and avoiding speaking to each other unless absolutely necessary, the sources said. 'Watching them try to figure out how to talk to each other is almost like watching a sitcom. They are completely exasperated,' one official said. The most cautious measures are being taken by the supreme leader. By design, even officials at the highest levels of the Iranian government don't know where he is and have no way to contact him directly.