Qassem Soleimani's less charismatic replacement won't change Iran's regional policies, but we might witness an expansion. On the same day as General Qassem Soleimani, former head of Iran’s Quds Force—the external operations arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC)—was assassinated by the US drone strikes in Iraq, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei appointed his deputy Esmail Qaani to head the elite group. Qaani had served as the deputy commander ...