In a video posted by Fars news agency, a council member said a "decisive and unanimous opinion" has been agreed upon. Ali Khamenei, who was Iran's second supreme leader and led the country for nearly four decades since 1989, was assassinated in Tehran in a US-Israeli strike last week. Members of Iran's Assembly of Experts said the council had reached a majority consensus on who will lead the country after the killing of former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. According to the Iranian constitution, the 88-member Assembly of Experts is authorised with electing the Islamic Republic's supreme leader. In a video posted by Fars news agency, a council member said that "a decisive and unanimous opinion" has been agreed upon.

Source: dna March 08, 2026 11:28 UTC