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Senior hardline cleric Ahmad Alamolhoda is reportedly seeking votes to become president (chair) of Iran’s 88-member Assembly of Experts, the body that selects and oversees the supreme leader. His rivals include Alireza Arafi and Mahmoud Rajabi, and the push comes as leadership questions and health concerns about the current president loom, intensifying factional maneuvering within the body.
A hardline MP read allegedly top-secret letters attributed to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei on state TV, claiming he opposed ongoing Iran-US negotiations and set conditions (compensation, Iran’s exclusive control of the Strait of Hormuz, and keeping the nuclear issue off the table). The broadcaster cut the program, and the disclosure drew legal threats and conservative backlash, highlighting divisions in Tehran over the recently signed Iran-US memorandum and the next round of talks in Switzerland.
Following the death of Ayatollah Khamenei, Mojtaba Khamenei is poised to become supreme leader, while the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps consolidates power, replacing wounded or killed figures and expanding its influence across security, politics and the economy. President Masoud Pezeshkian manages day-to-day governance, but real authority over military and diplomacy remains with the guards and hardline circles. The ongoing US‑Israel war has pushed Iran toward a more hawkish posture at home and abroad, complicating any diplomacy over the nuclear deal.
Following Iran's recent conflict with Israel, questions have arisen about the potential successors to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, with speculation ranging from hardline clerics to reform-minded figures, amid concerns about Iran's political stability and future direction.