Successor

Successor

The responsibility now falls to the Assembly of Experts – an elected body of 88 senior clerics – to appoint the next supreme leader/ Collage

Who may lead Iran now as no clear successor emerges?

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with the members of the Expediency Discernment Council in Tehran, Iran October 12, 2022. File Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS

Iran's Khamenei picks possible successors amid Israel's assassination threats, son not among them: NYT

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wearing a protective face mask arrives at his official residence, amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan August 28, 2020. Photo:Reuters

Japan's ruling LDP to hold leadership vote on September 14 to pick Abe successor: Jiji

Party election to pick PM Abe's successor around Sept. 15, media say

Party election to pick PM Abe's successor around Sept. 15, media say

Brian Hook, US Special Representative for Iran, attends a news conference in London, Britain June 28, 2019. Photo: Reuters

Successor to slain Iran general faces same fate if he kills Americans: US envoy