Iran cleric warns of takeover attempt on Assembly of Experts
Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati has alerted listeners to a planned takeover of the Assembly of Experts, the body that chooses and monitors the activities of the supreme leader.
Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, one of the most powerful clerics in Iran, has warned of a plot to take over the Assembly of Experts, a body that chooses and monitors Iran’s supreme leader.
While Jannati’s March 30 speech in Mashhad was vague and did not accuse any specific group of being behind such a plot, his comments made headlines across conservative and hard-line websites in Iran and have raised questions and inspired speculation on social media about succession after the rule of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ends.
