Arafi to lead Iran’s Council

Reuters :

Alireza Arafi was appointed on Sunday as the jurist member of Iran’s Leadership Council, a body tasked with fulfilling the supreme leader’s role until the Assembly of Experts elects a new leader, ISNA news agency reported.

A cleric member of the Guardian Council, Arafi will be part of the temporary Leadership Council alongside President Masoud Pezeshkian and Chief Justice Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei.

His appointment followed reports that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in joint Israeli and US strikes, triggering calls for retaliation from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).