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Iran forms council to temporarily govern Iran after Khamenei’s killing
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA council has formed to govern Iran after the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
That council is enshrined in law in the Islamic Republic. It is made up of Iran’s sitting president, the head of the country’s judiciary and a member of the Guardian Council chosen by Iran’s Expediency Council, which advises the supreme leader and settles disputes with parliament.
Iran’s reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian and hardline judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei are on it.
Iranian law says the Assembly of Experts “must, as soon as possible,” pick a new supreme leader.
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