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Who might be Iran s next Supreme Leader? © EPA Recent rumours about the health of Iran s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, have thrown the spotlight on what will happen if he becomes too ill to rule, or dies. The 81-year-old is the highest political authority in one of the most powerful countries in the Middle East, and who will succeed him matters greatly to Iran, the region and the rest of the world. How is the Supreme Leader chosen? The holder of the post (Ayatollah Khamenei is only the second since Iran s Islamic Revolution in 1979) is picked by a body of 88 clerics known as the Assembly of Experts.

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