Media: According to reports, Iran has started the process for the next round of elections for the Supreme Leader
Israel's "The Times of Israel" website reported on March 6: According to the Iranian state television, a leadership committee held a meeting to discuss how to convene the Iranian Assembly of Experts. The Assembly of Experts will select the new Supreme Leader after the killing of the former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei by Israeli and American forces on Saturday of last week.
The report said that the members of the leadership committee include President Masoud Pezeshkian, Minister of Justice Gholam-Hossein Ejei, and cleric Ayatollah Ali Araghi. The news did not provide a timetable for the selection of the supreme leader, nor information on whether the Assembly of Experts would hold a physical or remote vote.
The report said that during the Israeli-American airstrikes last Saturday, buildings related to the Assembly of Experts (a group of 88 clerics) were attacked.
The original title of the report is "Iranian leadership council met to discuss selection of new supreme leader, state media reports" (According to official media reports, the Iranian leadership council convened to discuss the selection of a new supreme leader).
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