I'm John Bachelor with my colleague and friend Benham and Talibil a senior fellow for the

foundation for the defense of democracies.

The President of Iran dies in a

helicopter crash in a remote region along with the foreign minister.

Immediately I understand the Constitution gives a maximum of 50 days

until there's an election of a new president. In the meantime,

the vice president is interim leader of the government, Mohammed MacB,

but I'm not given to understand from several articles that he is likely to be the successor. There are names brought forward, however. The two I have in my notes are Kalibaf, the speaker of the assembly, and a possibility of much

to buy how many the son of the Supreme Leader.

We'll begin with the 50 days and what that means for choices ahead.

Benham, does this upset everyone that the crash means that a chair is missing and has to be filled. Do they now scramble to rearrange the future,

knowing that the Supreme Leader is older,

knowing that the IRGC has a large voice in anything consideration.

I'm told Kaliboff is an IRGC veteran, so is the military favor to succeed, Riesi? I'll ask that general question.

It's a good question and just perhaps a bit of a scene that are here. Within the 50 days you already do now have a new

acting president. It's from Raise's own cabinet which we should mention is the

most sanctioned cabinet in the history of the government of the Islamic Republic,

which is quite a feat given the people that have been in different cabinets in that country

over the past 45 years.

Iran has both cabinet ministers that had ministries as well as vice presidents.

The first vice president basically functions as in the U.S. or France or elsewhere with the role of the vice president this kind of caretaker position.

That person, Muhammad Mukher, not a particularly stellar resume signaling

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