Following the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a massive US-Israeli aerial campaign, the regime faces a desperate internal scramble to stabilize its hierarchy through the Assembly of Experts.

Intelligence expert Ian Palmer tells Luke Grant that the regime’s survival depends on its willingness to use “extraordinary cruelty” against its own people.

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