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An election for the third Supreme Leader of Iran is scheduled to be held following the end of the current tenure of Ali Khamenei. As of January 2024, no person has been officially declared as the heir to the current leader nor as a nominee, though various sources have written on potential candidates.
The succession of Khamenei is deemed to have been decided but isn't disclosed publicly.[1][2] Constitutionally, the Assembly of Experts is tasked to select the next leader. Its fifth and current term was elected in 2016 and is scheduled to sit until 2024.[3]
Khamenei has not discussed his replacement. He has said selecting the future leader must be without care and shame and or regard expediency but based on only the 3 principles of "truth, the need of the country, and God".[4][5]
A four man council of Assembly of Experts is examining possible candidates while keeping it fully secret and advising the current supreme leader as of 2024.[6][7]
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^"چه کسی راست می‌گوید؟ − نگاهی به "بحران جانشینی"" [Who is telling the truth? - A look at the "succession crisis"]. Radio Zamaneh (in Persian). 13 June 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
^رادیوفردا (10 March 2016). "خامنه‌ای: لازم است در انتخاب رهبر رودربایستی و مصلحت‌اندیشی نباشد". Radio Farda (in Persian). Retrieved 18 February 2024.
^"عضو مجلس خبرگان ایران: کار برای انتخاب جانشین رهبر ایران به طور "کاملا مخفی" جریان دارد". Afghanistan International (in Persian). 28 November 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
^"ماجرای صحبت‌های آیت‌الله توکل درباره انتخاب قائم‌مقام رهبری چه بود؟" [What was the story of Ayatollah Tawakkel's talks about the selection of the deputy leadership?]. اعتمادآنلاین (in Persian). 29 November 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
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