John Bickley

In this episode, we speak with the senior director of the Iran program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies about Khomeini's dark legacy and how his death has already begun to change Iran.

I'm Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley with Georgia Howe.

This is a weekend edition of One Wire.

Joining us now is Benham bin Taliblu, the senior director of the Iran program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

Benham, good to see you again.

Thanks for coming on.

So Ayatollah Khomeini ruled for 36 years in Iran.

He was a power player, actually, since the Islamic Revolution in 79.

So he's been there from the beginning.

What is the reaction on the ground there to his death?

Yeah, I wanted to ask you specifically about that, his very strict, rigid regime and his method of rule.

There was a fundamentalist Islamic aspect to it, of course.

What are some of the defining characteristics of his reign?

One follow-up to that, particularly the treatment of women under his regime.

There's been a lot of reports about the specific laws, marriage laws, as it applies to women, women in the workforce, etc.

What was it like for women under his reign?

Right.

Now, who exactly will fill the power vacuum in the long term remains to be seen, of course.

But even just with the fact that Khomeini is now out of the picture, how might that change things in the country now?

And we have heard that not just the next level of leadership, but maybe a few levels down have been completely wiped out.