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Iran Without Khamenei: What Comes Next?

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🗓️ 8 March 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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After 36 years in power, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead following Operation Epic Fury. In this episode, we break down the late Supreme Leader's brutal legacy, the power vacuum left in his wake, and who could take his place. Get the facts first with Morning Wire.- - -Ep. 2670- - -Wake up with new Morning Wire merch: https://bit.ly/4lIubt3- - -Today's Sponsors:Alliance Defending Freedom - Visit https://JoinADF.com/WIRE or text “WIRE” to 83848 to learn more.Lean - Get 20% off when you enter code WIRE at https://TakeLean.com- - -Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacymorning wire,morning wire podcast,the morning wire podcast,Georgia Howe,John Bickley,daily wire podcast,podcast,news podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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After decades in power and after his regime murdered tens of thousands of its own citizens,

0:09.7

Iran's supreme leader Ali Khomeini was killed in the initial strikes of Operation Epic Fury.

0:15.2

The Ayatollah's death has prompted both exuberance and concern about who or what might fill the power vacuum.

0:22.4

In this episode, we speak with the senior director of the Iran program at the Foundation for

0:26.5

Defense of Democracies about Khomeini's dark legacy and how his death has already begun to

0:32.0

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