Issued on: 04/03/2026 - 22:27

Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen about the succession plan in Iran, Sahar Razavi, Director of the Iranian and Middle East Studies Centre at California State University, says that "leaving leadership in the hands of a temporary council [...] could protect the potential successor to Khamenei from additional strikes and potential assassination"

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