In Shiite Islam, grief is not only personal but collective − expressed through rituals, pilgrimage and devotion to saints.
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Although the supreme leader assumes the majority of power, Iran’s regime consists of a network of governing bodies.
Media reports have cast the son of slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as a top candidate for supreme leader. A scholar of Iranian politics explains how the succession process has never been free or fair.
Mamdanis belong to the Khoja community, who were categorized by the British in the early 19th century as “Hindoo Mussalman” because their traditions spanned both religions.
The late President Ebrahim Raisi was supposedly being groomed to succeed an aging Ali Khamenei. The succession is a complex process, more dependent on politics than religion.
