Israel and the United States’ targeted assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei—and subsequent strikes on a gathering of the Islamic Republic’s Assembly of Experts—turned longstanding ...
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Without a clear next-in-line in place, Iran has formed a three-man leadership council to assume power until Khamenei’s successor is chosen.
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Don’t Hold Your Breath on Iranian Democracy

Iran’s ethnic composition and political divisions suggest that a post-Islamic Republic environment would not be hospitable to liberal democracy.
The next supreme leader may see "authority exercised in a more collective, securitized, and bureaucratic manner," an expert said.