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Council forms to govern Iran after Khamenei’s killing

Council forms to govern Iran after Khamenei’s killing

Mourners raise black flag in Iran’s Mashhad

publish time

01/03/2026

publish time

01/03/2026

Council forms to govern Iran after Khamenei’s killing

TEHRAN, Mar 1: A council has formed to govern Iran after the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

That council is enshrined in law in the Islamic Republic.

The council is made up of Iran’s sitting president, the head of the country’s judiciary and a member of the Guardian Council chosen by Iran’s Expediency Council, which advises the supreme leader and settles disputes with Parliament.

Iran’s reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian and hard-line judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei are on it.

Iranian law says the Assembly of Experts “must, as soon as possible” pick a new supreme leader.

Mourners raise black flag in Iran’s Mashhad
 Mourners raised a black mourning flag over the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, Iran’s second-largest city and a major pilgrimage site for Shiite Muslims.