Following the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US-Israeli strikes against Iran, a council of 88 Shiite clerics are set to appoint a new supreme leader. The long-running favourite is the late supreme leader's son, but he faces reservations: the supreme leadership was never supposed to become a family dynasty like the Shahs. But what does the supreme leader actually do?

Pro-regime US mosques are reportedly spreading end-times theology, casting America as an enemy 'empire' in anticipation of the arrival of 'the Mahdi,' according to a Fox News report.

The death of Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei raises paramount questions about the country’s future. And while a clerical panel is tasked with replacing him, succession is a complex matter in Iran’s theocracy. Here is what to know: A clerical council selects a new supreme leader An 88-member panel called the Assembly of Experts appoints the supreme leader. The panel can remove one as well, although that has never happened. The panel consists entirely of Shiite clerics who are...