US EditionExperts Warn Khamenei's Killing May Make Iran More Dangerous
Interim council led by President Masoud Pezeshkian and judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei assumes leadership amid uncertain succession following Khamenei's death in U.S.-Israel strike.
- Following Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death, Iran's Assembly of Experts must, as soon as possible, select a new supreme leader, according to Iranian law.
- Earlier this year, Khamenei's long rule saw protests involving over 7000 deaths, according to the Human Rights Activists news agency, amid domestic unrest.
- The Assembly of Experts, an 88-member elected panel, appoints the supreme leader with contenders including Mojtaba Khamenei, Hassan Khomeini, and Alireza Arafi.
- Iran has announced 40 days of official mourning and a seven-day national holiday period, while the future supreme leader will control the military and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps .
- The Guardian Council, constitutional watchdog that vets candidates, limits eligibility while recent June 2025 war with Israel and senior IRGC commanders' deaths complicate who influences the succession.
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Who rules Iran next? Succession scramble after Khamenei’s death
Iran has formed a temporary three-member leadership council after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a joint U.S.-Israeli attack. The interim council includes President Masoud Pezeshkian, judiciary chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei and senior cleric Alireza Arafi, who is serving as the Guardian Council’s representative. Pezeshkian, who sources told ABC News was targeted in Saturday’s strikes, resurfaced on Iranian state televis…
After Khamenei's death, there is a race for power in Iran. An expert has no hope of political change.
After Khamenei, Who Could Lead Iran Next?
Who could come next after the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran is a question on many minds but with no clear answer. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Even U.S. President Donald Trump admitted that his Administration had ideas about potential successors to the Iranian leader—but they were also killed in the attacks. “The attack was so successful it knocked out most of the candidates,” Trump told ABC News S…
The US and Israel attacked the Iranian regime and announced Ali Khamenei's death. The system collapsed without the leader or was it ready to survive? Analysis with Cátia Bruno.
After the death of the Iranian supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, in the early morning bombings of the United States and Israel against Iran, the country’s president, Masud Pezeshkian, appeared in public for the first time this Sunday after being unaccounted for. Continue reading...
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