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Within the Assembly of Experts, however, there is understood to be a small committee tasked with reviewing and narrowing down names, potentially presenting a shortlist to the full body once formal proceedings begin.

The sessions are held behind closed doors and voting is not made public, limiting outside scrutiny.

In recent years, there has been speculation that Khamenei’s eldest son, Mojtaba, might be in the running. Yet with several of his father’s most trusted commanders in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reportedly killed in the recent strikes, the internal balance of power may have shifted.