President Masoud Pezeshkian, and Iran’s judiciary chief, Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie, and jurist member of the Guardian Council Ayatollah Alireza Arafi, have been appointed to serve on the Interim Leadership Council.
A three-person council will temporarily govern Iran following the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The council, made up of President Masoud Pezeshkian and judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, as Ayatollah Arafi will assume responsibility for the transitional phase, Iranian state media reported on Sunday.
The trio will assume Khamenei’s duties until the Assembly of Experts, a body of 88 influential clerics, nominates a successor.
Iranian law states the Assembly of Experts must pick a new supreme leader as soon as possible.
It is unclear who could succeed Khamenei, who was killed in wide-ranging strikes on Iran by the United States and Israel on Saturday.(dpa/NAN)
