Iran bestätigt den Tod des Obersten Führers Khamenei und verspricht, den Kampf gegen die USA und Israel fortzusetzen

SS: As the title suggest, the Iranians have confirmed that the supreme leader is dead after much speculation. This is after Trump has confirmed on truth social and Isreal state media also confirming it.

In my purview this leaves major geopolitical consequences especially in terms of what next government might form in Iran, also what retaliatory strikes will Iran do apart from the punitive strikes it already did?

The Iranians will have succession plans in place for his replacement and the likelihood is successor(s) is also killed.

Nothing will dramatically change in the near future.

Why did they lie?