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Iran's Likely Next Supreme Leader Is No Friend of the West
(Washington Post) Ray Takeyh - The candidate Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and the Revolutionary Guards are grooming to succeed him is one of the most reactionary members of Iran's ruling elite. Ibrahim Raisi, 56, served as prosecutor general and lead prosecutor of the Special Court of the Clergy, responsible for disciplining mullahs who stray from the official line. The writer is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.