Key Highlights
- Khamenei held ultimate authority over Iran’s military, judiciary, and foreign policy for over 35 years.
- His death creates a massive power vacuum, as no official successor has been named.
- A temporary Governing Council—consisting of the President, the Head of the judiciary, and a member of the Guardian Council—has assumed control until a new leader comes in.
- The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has vowed “the most devastating offensive operation” in the history of the Republic.
- Iran has already launched retaliatory missile strikes against U. S.
