Killing of Iranian supreme leader has sparked turmoil and triggered talk about an ideological shift to the West
Alireza Arafi, a hardline figure within Iran’s clerical establishment, has been appointed to a three-member temporary leadership council, alongside reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian and hardliner judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei. The body is tasked with fulfilling the supreme leader’s role until the Assembly of Experts – Iran’s 88-member panel of Islamic jurists – elects a new leader.
