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" ... The selection of the next supreme leader will be an important marker of Iran's future course. Before Khomeini's death, Khamenei was a midranking cleric who had spent most of the previous decade holding political office, first as defense minister and then as president. Rafsanjani helped Khamenei secure his position as Khomeini's successor, as they were both relatively like-minded capitalists who sought to push back against Iran's leftists. However, because Khamenei was initially weak, he had to forge alliances in order to build up his power, and he sided with those closest to him politically, the country's traditional conservatives. Whoever succeeds Khamenei will find himself in a similar position: He will need to seek an alliance of his own, by siding with the traditional conservative clerics or another large political base, or by deriving support from popular sentiment, which Rouhani appears to be trying to do. ... "