Iran’s Assembly of Experts says consensus reached on Khamenei’s successor

Officials say a ⁠candidate has been picked, based ⁠on the late supreme leader’s advice that his replacement should ‘be hated by the enemy’.

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The ⁠clerical body that will choose Iran’s next supreme leader, following the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ⁠has reached a majority consensus, according to Assembly of Experts member Ayatollah Mohammad-Mahdi Mirbagheri.

Iran’s Mehr news agency on Sunday quoted him as saying “some obstacles” still needed to be resolved regarding the process.

Iran’s Assembly of Experts says consensus reached on Khamenei’s successor

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