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Iran’s Future Leadership: Not Just Up To 'Experts'

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Iran’s Future Leadership: Not Just Up To 'Experts' by webdesk@voanews.com (Cecily Hilleary) Tuesday March 1 st , 2016  at  4:30 PM Voice Of America 1 Share The issue of succession to the supreme leadership is generally a taboo subject in Iran. It probably would not have been discussed at all in recent weeks if the current supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, hadn't alluded to his inevitable demise in a speech last September. Now that voters have selected a new Assembly of Experts, the topic is very much on minds both inside and outside of Iran. Comprising 88 clerics tasked with naming, monitoring and possibly even dismissing Supreme... Bin Laden called for Americans to rise up over climate change Tuesday March 1 st , 2016  at  4:29 PM Reuters: World News 1 Share WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden wrote a letter calling on the American people to help President Barack Obama fight "ca