Iran after Khamenei: What happens next?

DW | 01.03.2026 20:40
After 36 years in power, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead, but a provisional leadership council is to secure his regime's hold on power and continue the war.Around 12 hours after Ali Khamenei's compound had been largely destroyed by dozens of bombs, Iranian state television confirmed the death of the cleric and supreme leader.