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US war on Iran | MEGATHREAD #2 (lemmygrad.ml)
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[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Adding to this, Fortos adds valuable context on the election of Khamenei:

Usually, the leader of Iran can recommend a successor to the Assembly of Experts, and the members take it into consideration when voting.

Imam Khomeini recommended Martyr Imam Khamenei.

However, Imam Khamenei did not have a recommendation, and left the decision completely up to the Assembly of Experts; who independently from all institutions, parties, and figured; chose and voted for Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei.

So it’s not like his son succeeded him as in a monarchy system. He was elected through a complex and thorough voting system.

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[–] Malkhodr@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 1 day ago

Some more context from Fortros:

And if you didn’t know, the members of the assembly of experts are elected by the people themselves.

https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/19527