DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after almost 37 years in power raises paramount questions about Iran’s future. The contours of a complex succession process began to take shape the morning after...

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There has been only one other transfer of power in the office of supreme leader of Iran, the paramount decision-maker since the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution. The death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after almost 37 years in power raises...

There has been only one other transfer of power in the office of supreme leader of Iran, the paramount decision-maker since the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution. The death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after almost 37 years in power raises...

There has been only one other transfer of power in the office of supreme leader of Iran, the paramount decision-maker since the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution. The death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after almost 37 years in power raises...

There has been only one other transfer of power in the office of supreme leader of Iran, the paramount decision-maker since the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution. The death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after almost 37 years in power raises...

There has been only one other transfer of power in the office of supreme leader of Iran, the paramount decision-maker since the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution. The death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after almost 37 years in power raises...

There has been only one other transfer of power in the office of supreme leader of Iran, the paramount decision-maker since the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution. The death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after almost 37 years in power raises...

There has been only one other transfer of power in the office of supreme leader of Iran, the paramount decision-maker since the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution. The death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after almost 37 years in power raises...

There has been only one other transfer of power in the office of supreme leader of Iran, the paramount decision-maker since the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution. The death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after almost 37 years in power raises...

There has been only one other transfer of power in the office of supreme leader of Iran, the paramount decision-maker since the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution. The death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after almost 37 years in power raises...

There has been only one other transfer of power in the office of supreme leader of Iran, the paramount decision-maker since the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution. The death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after almost 37 years in power raises...

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was only the second leader of Iran's Islamic Republic, established in April 1979. He took over from the regime's founding figurehead, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, when he died just over 10 years later, in June 1989. Iran's...

After Khamenei killed, Iran set for largely opaque supreme succession Jon Gambrell The Times of Israel 1 0 latest AP — The death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after almost 37 years in power raises paramount questions about the country’s...

The death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after almost 37 years in power raises paramount questions about the country’s future. The contours of a complex succession process are beginning to take shape, the day after his assassination by...

The death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei triggers a complex succession process led by the Assembly of Experts, with potential interim leadership and speculation over contenders, including his son, amid heightened regional tensions and...

DUBAI — The death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after almost 37 years in power raises paramount questions about the country’s future. The contours of a complex succession process began to take shape the morning after Khamenei’s...

An 88-member panel called the Assembly of Experts appoints the supreme leader. The panel can remove one as well, although that has never happened The death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei raises paramount questions about the country’s...

The death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei raises paramount questions about the country's future. And while a clerical panel is tasked with replacing him, succession is a complex matter in Iran's theocracy: Here is what to know: An...

The death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei raises paramount questions about the country's future. And while a clerical panel is tasked with replacing him, succession is a complex matter in Iran's theocracy: Here is what to know: An...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei raises paramount questions about the country’s future. And while a clerical panel is tasked with replacing him, succession is a complex matter in Iran’s...

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei leads an Eid al-Fitr prayer marking the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in...