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In its forty-three-year history, the Islamic Republic has only had one prior transition for Supreme Leader, which occurred after Khomeini’s death in 1989. Khomeini had appointed a successor, Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, a respected religious authority and supporter of the revolution.
Recent rumours about the health of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, have thrown the spotlight on what will happen if he becomes too ill to rule, or dies.
As of October 2024, no person has been officially declared as the heir to the current leader nor as a nominee, though various sources such as Reuters and the BBC have written on potential candidates. [1][2] The succession of Khamenei is deemed to have been decided but not disclosed publicly. [1][3] Constitutionally, the Assembly of Experts is ...
Amid the ongoing circus over efforts to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, two rumors have started to gain traction inside and outside Iran: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is on his deathbed and preparations are being made for his son, Mojtaba, to succeed him.
The concept of having ultimate authority in the country was orchestrated by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the architect of the 1979 Islamic revolution, which put an end to having kings in charge...
Raisi was seen as potential successor to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as leader of Iran. Supreme leader’s son Mojtaba Khamenei also a possible successor and has support of insiders spanning from...
Recent rumours about the health of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, have thrown the spotlight on what will happen if he becomes too ill to rule, or dies.
The history of succession. Since the Iranian Revolution of 1979, there have been two supreme leaders – Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who ruled between 1979-1989, and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,...
The ideologically narrow composition of that body shows that the current supreme leader, the 84-year-old Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has decided to prepare for his succession by ensuring that his...
Since late September, Iranian protesters have repeatedly denounced Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his office of supreme leader. Are there any genuine threats to his position?