March 1st, 2026 - 11:04 GMT
ALBAWABA- Iran’s Assembly of Experts appointed senior cleric Ayatollah Alireza Arafi as the jurist member of a three-person interim Leadership Council on Sunday, following the assassination of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in joint U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Saturday. The council, which also includes President Masoud Pezeshkian and Judiciary Chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i, will temporarily assume the supreme leader’s duties under Article 111 of Iran’s constitution until a permanent successor is selected ...