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Iran security official says Khamenei transition process set to begin
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Iranian Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani in Beirut, Lebanon, August 13, 2025. (Lebanese Parliament / AFP)
Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani says the transition process following the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will begin today.
“An interim leadership council will soon be formed. The president, the head of the judiciary and a jurist from the Guardian Council will assume responsibility until the election of the next leader,” says Larijani, the head of Iran’s top security body, the Supreme National Security Council, who was an adviser to Khamenei.
“This council will be established as soon as possible. We are working to form it as early as today,” he says in an interview broadcast by state TV.
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