Iran appoints Alireza Arafi to Leadership Council

Ahram Online , Sunday 1 Mar 2026

Alireza ⁠Arafi, a ⁠cleric member of the Guardian Council, was appointed as ⁠the jurist member of ⁠Iran’s Leadership Council, ISNA news agency reported.

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The Council will assume the duties of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei until the next supreme leader is chosen, a spokesperson for Iran's Expediency Council said on Sunday.

The other two members of the Leadership Council will be Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei. 

Khamenei was assassinated in attacks carried out by the United States and Israel on Saturday.

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