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Iran International · Iran (diaspora) · Mojtaba Khamenei inherits a contested throne — and a fractured state to run it
Reports the Revolutionary Guards pushed for a fast announcement over open dissent on hereditary rule, with at least eight Assembly members boycotting in protest at 'heavy pressure' — framing the speed itself as the tell.
“At least eight members of the Assembly of Experts boycotted the session in protest at what they described as heavy pressure from the Revolutionary Guards.”