Secretary of State Marco Rubio acknowledged that “no one knows” who would take over governing Iran if the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is removed from power.
Rubio’s acknowledgement about the uncertainty regarding what could happen if Khamenei is no longer ruling in Tehran comes as President Donald Trump has threatened military operations if they do not work toward a new agreement over its weapons arsenal.
“No one knows what would take over,” Rubio said during his testimony in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday, noting that the system in Iran “is divided between the supreme leader and the [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps] that responds regularly to him” and “quasi-elected individuals” who “ultimately have to run everything they do by the
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