Published Oct 4, 2026, 1:00 PM ET · Updated a month ago · 1 source

Iran did not collapse after Khamenei — it just became harder to read

The Hill
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Six months after the deaths of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Ali Larijani, Iran has transitioned into an opaque, security-centered governance model where authority is increasingly mediated by institutional decrees rather than centralized personal leadership.