On 1 March, Iranians will vote in two parallel elections: for the country’s parliament, or Islamic Consultative Assembly, and the 88-strong body of clerics in the Assembly of Experts. The parliamentary polls will test the government’s handling of the Gaza war and are the first elections since nationwide protests followed the death of Mahsa Amini. But in the Assembly of Experts, a more existential question looms: who will take over the position of Supreme Leader? The Assembly of Experts is charged with selecting the country’s next Supreme Leader when 81-year-old Ayatollah Khamenei, who has held…