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Who might replace Iran’s supreme leader? There’s no clear successor

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By Abbas Al Lawati, CNN (CNN) — Iran’s clerical regime now faces the prospect of trying to find a successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

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  1. New York Post

    Who will lead Iran next? After Khamenei’s death, opposition leaders jockey for power (opens New York Post)

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    With Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dead and Tehran reeling from US and Israeli strikes, rival opposition figures and potential regime successors are already positioning themselves for a new Iran.

  2. Forbes

    Who Will Be Iran’s New Leader? What We Know After Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Death (opens Forbes)

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    A three-person Leadership Council stepped in after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed.

  3. WMUR

    How succession works in Iran (opens WMUR)

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    The death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after decades as head of state raises paramount questions about the Iran's future.

  4. KRDO

    Who might replace Iran’s supreme leader? There’s no clear successor (opens KRDO)

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    By Abbas Al Lawati, CNN (CNN) — Iran’s clerical regime now faces the prospect of trying to find a successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

  5. NBC New York

    How succession works in Iran and who could be the country's next supreme leader (opens NBC New York)

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    The death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after almost 37 years in power raises paramount questions about Iran's future.

  6. Al Jazeera

    Who could succeed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to lead Iran? (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s assassination brings Iran’s clerics the colossal task of picking his successor.

  7. Townhall

    Iran Moves to Install New Supreme Leader After Death of Supreme Leader Khamenei (opens Townhall)

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    Iran forms a new leadership council to select a Supreme Leader after Khamenei's death amid ongoing strikes.

  8. Local News 8

    Who’s running Iran now that the supreme leader is dead? (opens Local News 8)

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    By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — The killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei by the United States and Israel has created a power vacuum in the core of the Iranian regime and sparked the complex process of finding his successor.

  9. Newsweek

    Who will be Iran’s next supreme leader? Likely contenders (opens Newsweek)

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    Iran's longtime supreme leader had not formally declared a successor ahead of his death in U.S. and Israeli strikes this weekend.

  10. WSVN Miami

    How succession works in Iran and who could be the country’s next supreme leader - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after almost 37 years in power raises paramount questions about Iran’s

  11. NBC News

    Live updates: Trump urges regime change as Iran (opens NBC News)

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    Questions remain over who succeed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who Iranian state media said was killed in U.S. and Israeli strikes. According to Iran’s constitution, electing his successor will fall to an 88-member body of clerics.

  12. Los Angeles Times

    The supreme leader is dead. How succession works in Iran (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    In Iran, the supreme leader is the heart of a complex power-sharing theocracy and has final say over all matters of state. A look at the succession process.

  13. WHDH Boston

    How succession works in Iran and who could be the country’s next supreme leader - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after almost 37 years in power raises paramount questions about Iran’s future.The contours

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