A new report examining the inner workings of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s office suggests that the true command structure of the Islamic Republic does not reside in Iran’s visible government but within a shadow network designed to maintain regime control even if the supreme leader vanishes from public view.

Axar.az, citing Fox News, reports that the study Unmasking the Bayt: Inside the Supreme Leader’s Office, the Hidden Nerve Center of the Islamic Republic, published by United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) and authored by Saeid Golkar and Kasra Aarabi, portrays the Bayt, the Supreme Leader’s Office, as a vast institutional network interwoven throughout Iran’s military, economy, religious institutions, and state bureaucracy.

"It is the hidden nerve center of the regime in Iran… it operates as a state within a state," Aarabi said in an interview with Fox News Digital.

According to Kasra Aarabi, the system enables Khamenei to supervise and shape decision-making across all levels of the Islamic Republic, encompassing nuclear policy, military planning, and internal security.

"This is what gives Khamenei absolute control. It’s not the visible state; this is the invisible state," he said.

The report estimates roughly 4,000 people operate inside the Bayt’s core structure, with tens of thousands more working through affiliated institutions across the country.

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