succession

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Iran's political system has procedures for the succession of the supreme leader, and his "removal does not mean the end" for a system with many centres of power and redundancies in place, Razoux told AFP.

From Barron's

The succession process today will be fundamentally different.

From The Wall Street Journal

Iran had been prepared for this possibility though, with reports that the plans for succession for not just the Khamenei but also an array of senior officials had been put in place.

From BBC

Her growing profile has South Korea’s spy agency believing she is increasingly positioned to succeed her father, although North Korea has stayed mum on the succession topic.

From The Wall Street Journal

The comments are her clearest on the issue -- the subject of increasing debate as a succession crisis looms -- since her party's landslide election victory this month.

From Barron's