https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/analysis-khamenei-killing-shatters-irans-193335602.html
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The real question is whether Khamenei's death takes the air out of the IRGC - the force that actually runs Iran - or whether they close ranks and harden," said Alex Vatanka, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute. "If rank-and-file officials decide there is no future here, I'm not sure even the Guards can keep the regime together."