‘Engineered Elections’: Iran To Vote On Assembly That May Name Next Supreme Leader

Iran is holding two sets of elections on March 1, for a new parliament, and also for the Assembly of Experts — the body that selects the country’s supreme leader. Given that the current holder of that office, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is 84 years old, it is likely that the new Assembly will name his successor during its eight-year term.