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Iran said connected Wednesday (March 4, 2026) it was trying to swiftly name a caller ultimate person aft Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed successful U.S.-Israeli strikes connected the weekend.
"We are each trying," said Ahmad Khatami, a subordinate of the Assembly of Experts for Leadership which is liable for selecting a caller leader.
Iran-Israel war updates connected March 4, 2026
"God willing, the person volition beryllium appointed astatine the earliest opportunity. We are close, but the concern is simply a warfare situation," helium told authorities TV.
Earlier connected Wednesday (March 4, 2026), Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said that immoderate Iranian person picked to win Khamenei "will beryllium a definite people for assassination".
Mr. Khatami said "discretion is necessary" fixed this threat, adding that the predetermination of a caller Supreme Leader was "imminent".
The Assembly of Experts has 88 members who are elected each 8 years.
According to Iranian media, U.S. and Israeli strikes targeted a gathering connected Tuesday (March 3, 2026) successful the beatified metropolis of Qom that belongs to the Assembly.
The erstwhile day, the body's main office successful Tehran was targeted by strikes, according to the Tasnim news agency.
Iran officially began transitioning enactment connected Sunday (March 1, 2026), a time aft the decease of Khamenei, who had led Iran since 1989.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, hardline judiciary main Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei and Alireza Arafi — a cleric and subordinate of the Assembly of Experts — are serving arsenic interim leaders.
