Who is running Iran after Khamenei’s killing?

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• With Khamenei’s death, the country has entered an interim phase provided for under its constitution. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS ADHow is Iran being run immediately after Khamenei’s death?Iran’s constitution lays out a specific contingency for the death of a sitting supreme leader. Article 111 authorises the formation of a temporary leadership council to assume the powers and responsibilities of the supreme leader until a successor is formally selected.
• In this case, that arrangement came into effect on Sunday. More from Explainers Where is Ayatollah Ali Khamenei?
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• Operation Epic Fury puts West Asia on edgeThe three-person interim body consists of President Masoud Pezeshkian, judiciary chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei and senior cleric Alireza Arafi. Each represents a different pillar of the Islamic Republic’s power structure: the elected executive branch, the judicial system and the clerical establishment that underpins the regime’s ideological authority. Together, they are constitutionally mandated to oversee state affairs until a new supreme leader is appointed. Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf framed the move as evidence that the state had prepared for such contingencies.
• “With the formation of a leadership council, an unimaginable power and cohesion will take shape,” he said. Quick ReadsView AllIsrael, Hezbollah trade fire; oil prices rise sharply and more...