Iran's power spread out after death of Khamenei, expert says

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cn8dldl0jx9t

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Hooshang Amirahmadi, president of the American Iranian Council, tells the BBC that the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spread the power structure among officials across the country.

Because Khamenei had a "vertical power structure", his death led to its collapse, leaving leadership spread out among lower-ranking officials.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, he says this power is "particularly in the military". "There isn't a central figure" to co-ordinate who to hit with missiles, he adds.

Amirahmadi says the establishment does not have power in the field, and is therefore scared of the officers who now have this new level of control.
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