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The Fall of an Ayatollah: Whispers of Succession in Iran

A quiet political shake-up is unfolding behind the scenes of Iran's religious power structure. Ahmad Khatami, once a seemingly untouchable hardline cleric, has been stripped of his position in ...
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Who are Khamenei’s likely successors?

On November 15, a member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts announced that the Assembly has selected three individuals as potential successors to Ali Khamenei in order of priority. However, ...
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Iran’s House of Cards

Masoud Pezeshkian’s election to Iran’s presidency remains a sideshow to the true contest for power in the Islamic Republic. Who will succeed to the leadership of the regime upon ...
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Inside Iran’s Quds Day Celebration of October 7

In April, the Islamic Republic of Iran once again marked the last Friday of the month of Ramadan as Quds Day. Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the Iranian regime ...
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Govt Tightens Hijab Law Enforcement

Every spring, as temperatures rise, the Islamic Republic tightens its repressive laws on women's attire. However, during Nowruz of 2024, religious and political figures used the Muslim holy month ...
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Khamenei’s succession becomes a point of contention in the upcoming sham elections

On January 7, Javan news website, affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), published an article in which it said, “[Former regime president Hassan] Rouhani is a candidate ...
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