Iran Post-Khamenei

[ShadowRocket]

What happens to Iran when its current Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei dies? Is he simply replaced by another hard-liner or perhaps a reformer? Does the Islamic Republic fall due to the power vacuum?

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Constitutionally the Assembly of Experts, which is a body of elected Islamic theologians, would pick a successor.  It's doubtful he'd be a reformist.

[NewYorkExpress]

Constitutionally the Assembly of Experts, which is a body of elected Islamic theologians, would pick a successor.  It's doubtful he'd be a reformist.

Here's a question; Could we see a Female Hard-Liner? I'm pretty sure there's no rule that says the Supreme Leader has to be a cleric... Or Male for that matter...

[Famous Mortimer]

If it survived the death of Khomeini, why wouldn't it survive the death of Khamenei? He's just a faceless bureaucrat anyway.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Constitutionally the Assembly of Experts, which is a body of elected Islamic theologians, would pick a successor.  It's doubtful he'd be a reformist.

Here's a question; Could we see a Female Hard-Liner?

Could we see one? Yes, there are surely plenty. As Supreme Leader? No.

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There are, in fact, rules that say those things.