World in 10

Who will lead Iran after President Raisi's death?

After it was confirmed that Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash, all eyes look to who the next Supreme Leader will be. President Raisi was a hardline cleric who was close to Iran's 85-year-old Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and was widely expected to succeed him. With Raisi's death, global security analysts and geopolitical experts turn their attention to who will be the country's next leader when the time comes. The World in 10 is the Times' daily podcast dedicated to global security. Expert analysis of war, diplomatic relations and cyber security from The Times' foreign correspondents and military specialists. Watch more: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ListenToTimesRadio" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@ListenToTimesRadio</a>Read more: thetimes.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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