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Iran’s Assembly of Experts to meet within day to choose new supreme leader, member says
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts says the body would meet within a day to choose the country’s next supreme leader, Iranian media reports.
“With divine assistance, this session will occur within the next twenty-four hours,” says Hossein Mozafari, one of the assembly’s 88 members, cited by the Fars news agency.
The statement came a week after the killing of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a US-Israeli attack.
Mozafari also urges Iranians to “refrain from any speculation and the spreading of rumors regarding this matter” as the assembly has not yet convened for a session.
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