Middle East — 2026-06-27

Iranian Opposition Exposes Classified IRGC Bunker Blueprints Built for Khamenei Beneath Tehran

BLUFLeaked blueprints confirming a decade-long IRGC deception program now provide a structural template for identifying successor leadership survival facilities across Tehran's urban landscape.

Iran International obtained architectural plans for the Habib Ebrahimi complex, an IRGC facility built adjacent to Khamenei's official Tehran residence between 2009 and the late 2010s, with a security source confirming the documents' authenticity 12. Financed by Khatam al-Anbiya and concealed beneath a sports center, the compound reached 35 meters underground and included a three-level parking garage, firing ranges, two shelters, and a blast-resistant room 123. A 27-meter escape tunnel connected the bunker to multiple street exits, and a second vehicular tunnel extended to a parking garage near Enghelab Square 12. The IDF struck the complex in March 2026, though satellite imagery reviewed by Iran International showed no clear confirmation of destruction; former officials Pourmohammadi and Zarghami had each previously denied the shelter's existence 123.

Analysis
Primary-source architectural documentation refutes the public denials of Pourmohammadi and Zarghami, confirming a decade-long IRGC program concealing leadership survival infrastructure beneath central Tehran. March strike outcomes cannot be confirmed from available imagery, and the blueprints carry no independent corroboration. The escape tunnel network extending to Enghelab Square reflects a design doctrine of covert exfiltration over fixed-position defense, a template Khatam al-Anbiya would carry to any successor facility. Akbari's April 2016 death, reattributed to an internal power struggle within the Office of the Supreme Leader, indicates the program's security layer was itself a locus of factional competition during peak construction. The denials may reflect organizational compartmentalization rather than coordinated leadership-level deception.

4 sources

Sources detail Ali Khamenei bunker with blast-resistant room - Iran International
Sources detail Ali Khamenei bunker with blast-resistant room - Shabtab News
Ali Khamenei's secret bunker included blast-resistant room, escape tunnels under Tehran - report - The Jerusalem Post
The Tehran Blueprint Leak: Opposition Exposes Secret Thirty Five Meter Deep Underground Bunker Built for Khamenei - JFeed