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\u201cTrump Considers Targeted Strike Against Iran, Followed by Larger Attack,\u201d<\/a> NYT, 2-22-26.<\/p>\n

As a sign of how \u201coff the rails\u201d the IRI government has become, the Supreme Leader\u2019s survival and leadership and succession plan doesn\u2019t even mention the Assembly of Experts, the constitutional body responsible for selecting a new leader, nor does the NYT even mention the Assembly.\u00a0 Amazing developments in a regime slated for falling apart, being surgically altered by the strikes, being overthrown by its own people, all the above.\u00a0 See \u201cInside Iran\u2019s Preparation for War and Plans for Survival,\u201d<\/a> NYT, 2-22-26.\u00a0\u00a0Khamenei has \u201ctold everyone in leadership roles to name up to four replacements and has delegated responsibilities to a tight circle of confidants to make decisions in case communications with him are disrupted or he is killed.\u201d\u00a0 Adviser Larijani is \u201cin Mr. Khamenei\u2019s trusted circle, which includes his top military adviser and former commander in chief of the Guards, Maj. Gen. Yahya Rahim Safavi; Brig. Gen. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, a former Guards commander and current speaker of Parliament, \u2026 and his chief of staff, the cleric Ali Asghar Hejazi.\u201d\u00a0 BTW, Larijani is taking the place of Pres. Pezeshkian in essence, see the article for examples.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cTrump Considers Targeted Strike Against Iran, Followed by Larger Attack,\u201d NYT, 2-22-26. As a sign of how \u201coff the rails\u201d the IRI government has become, the Supreme Leader\u2019s survival and leadership and succession plan doesn\u2019t even mention the Assembly of Experts, the constitutional body responsible for selecting a new leader, nor does the NYT even … <\/p>\n

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