nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/80e3d12dea4e4dfb DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260311s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/80e3d12dea4e4dfb doi eng 342 23 Hosseini, Mahya Author aut After Khamenei - The Succession Problem at the Heart of Iran’s Constitutional Order Hosseini, Mahya Verfassungsblog 2026-03-11 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 8 March 2026, Mojtaba Khamenei, Ali Khamenei’s second son, was announced as the third Supreme Leader, the Wali-ye Faqih.  With this appointment, the regime signals its determination to preserve the facade of constitutional continuity surrounding Velayat-e Faqih. The succession of Mojtaba Khamenei brings into view the regime’s inability to apply its own legitimising principles to its rule, as well as the deep constitutional tensions on which this system rests. While alternatives such as a secular democratic order, proposed by prominent opposition figures, are gaining traction, the remnants of the Islamic Republic are confronted with the erosion of the system they upheld for decades. CC BY-SA 4.0 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/after-khamenei/ raw object