Iran’s president says new leadership council ‘has begun its work’ after killing of supreme leader

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a memorial at the parliament in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, for the late President Ebrahim Raisi and several officials, who were killed in a helicopter crash in the country's northwest last year. AP/PTI(AP05_21_2025_000180B)

Dubai, Mar 1 (AP) Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian says a new leadership council “has begun its work” after the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US and Israeli strikes.

Pezeshkian made the comment in a prerecorded message aired on Iranian state television Sunday.

Pezeshkian is one of three officials on the council. The other two are Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejehei, head of the judiciary, and Ayatollah Ali Reza Arafi. (AP) GSP

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