Iran to form interim leadership council

 

A top Iranian security official on Sunday said the country will form an interim council later in the day to assume leadership responsibilities until a new leader is selected.

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani made the remarks in an interview with state-run IRIB TV hours after the country confirmed the death of its Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in strikes launched by the United States and Israel on Saturday in Tehran.

Larijani said that, according to Article 111 of Iran’s Constitution, if the country lacks leadership, its president, the judiciary chief, and a jurist from the Constitutional Council will temporarily assume the leader’s responsibilities.

He added that the council will be set up as soon as possible.

The Security Council chief said that the entire nation has become mournful and angry and will respond to the Israeli and U.S. actions.