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The succession nobody outside Tehran is allowed to see
Iran's English-language state outlets have filled 48 hours with mourning imagery and no name for a successor. The gap between the two is the announcement.

Sources
- [2026-07-04] Tasnim News English (Telegram): https://t.me/tasnimnews_en, "Under the Muslim roof; a story of two sympathizers on the night of the farewell of the martyred leader"
- [2026-07-02 to 2026-07-04] Khamenei-linked English channel (Telegram): https://t.me/Khamenei_en, mourning and commemoration posts
- [2026-07-02 to 2026-07-04] Khamenei-linked English channel (Telegram, secondary account): https://t.me/Khamenei_en
Desk note: Western wires have framed this 48-hour window as a story of grief; Monexus reads it as a story of choreography, where the absence of a named successor is itself the carefully staged message of a system that has elevated continuity over personality.
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