US EditionA look at some of the contenders to be Iran’s supreme leader after the killing of Khamenei
Iran's 88-member Assembly of Experts must swiftly select a successor amid political crisis, with candidates ranging from hard-liners to reformists, Foreign Minister said new leader chosen early this week.
- Following Khamenei's death, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that a new supreme leader would be chosen early this week, marking the second time since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
- The Assembly of Experts, an 88-member panel of Shiite clerics, appoints the supreme leader and its members are elected after approval by the Guardian Council, Iran's constitutional watchdog.
- A provisional governing council of President Masoud Pezeshkian, hard-line judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, and Ayatollah Ali Reza Arafi is guiding the country through its biggest crisis, with Arafi leading seminaries and elected to the Assembly of Experts.
- Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the late supreme leader, is widely considered a potential successor with strong ties to Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard but no prior office, raising hereditary rule concerns.
- Candidates span hard-liners committed to confrontation with the West and reformists seeking diplomacy; the supreme leader controls war, peace and Iran's disputed nuclear program, while Ayatollah Mohammed Mehdi Mirbagheri of the Islamic Cultural Center in Qom remains a key hard-line figure.
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A look at some of the contenders to be Iran’s supreme leader after the killing of Khamenei
Iran's leaders are scrambling to replace Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who ruled the country for 37 years before he was killed in the surprise U.S.
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A look at some of the contenders to be Iran's supreme leader after the killing of Khamenei
Iran’s leaders are scrambling to replace Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who ruled the country for 37 years before he was killed in the surprise U.S. and Israeli bombardment.
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