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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sun Mar 1, 2026, 08:31 PM 13 hrs ago

Who's running Iran now that the supreme leader is dead?

a power vacuum in the core of the Iranian regime and sparked the complex process of finding his successor.

The Islamic Republic has only replaced its supreme leader once since it swept to power nearly half a century ago. Khamenei, who succeeded Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989, was killed without an officially declared heir.

A three-person council was formed Sunday to hold power until Khamenei’s successor is chosen. But with the US-Israeli strikes ongoing, there is no indication of how long that might take.

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Who’s in charge right now?

Under Iran’s constitution, a three-person leadership council holds power until the new supreme leader is named. It includes the moderate president, Masoud Pezeshkian, the hard-line head of the judiciary, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, and a senior cleric, Alireza Arafi.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/running-iran-now-supreme-leader-182038423.html

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Who's running Iran now that the supreme leader is dead? (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 13 hrs ago OP
They might as well name three more. underpants 13 hrs ago #1
that guy was 86 Skittles 12 hrs ago #2
Iran has an infinite number of tollahs...the dead one was immediately replaced by another... wcmagumba 12 hrs ago #3

wcmagumba

(5,967 posts)
3. Iran has an infinite number of tollahs...the dead one was immediately replaced by another...
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 09:56 PM
12 hrs ago

In spite of the three person committee or whatever...

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