politics
Inside Iran's post-Khamenei power vacuum
Seven weeks after a US-Israeli strike killed Ali Khamenei, Iran has no buried supreme leader, an unconscious successor, and a foreign minister whose statements are publicly repudiated by his own Revolutionary Guard within hours. As Trump's blockade tightens and a fragile ceasefire teeters, the question facing American negotiators is no longer what Tehran will accept, but whether anyone left in Tehran has the authority to deliver on a deal at all.
Yara Linden · Apr 23, 2026