Ali Larijani takes charge in Iran: Security chief and confidant of Khamenei steps into breach filled by Ayatollah's death

Khamenei, who had led the Islamic Republic since 1989, died on Saturday in a joint United States and Israeli airstrike targeting his fortified compound in Tehran. He was 86.


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