A THREE-MEMBER COUNCIL WILL RUN THINGS AFTER KHAMENEI… THESE ARE ITS MEMBERS.
The Iranian news agency IRNA announced on Sunday that a three-member council consisting of President Masoud Pezeshkian, the head of the judiciary, and one of the jurists of the Guardian Council will temporarily assume leadership duties in Iran.
Three Iranian officials, including President Masoud Pezeshkian, will oversee the transition in Iran following the death of the Supreme Leader, according to Mohammad Mokhbar, an advisor to Ali Khamenei, as reported by state television on Sunday.
An informant said the trio would include Pezeshkian, the head of the judiciary Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei, and a lawyer from the Guardian Council. The agency confirmed the deaths of Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Defense Council, and Major General Mohammad Pakpour, commander-in-chief of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, in the US-Israeli attack on Tehran on Saturday.
Israel had previously announced that Shamkhani and Pakpour were killed in the same strikes on Saturday morning. Iranian state media announced that Major General Ahmad Vahidi, deputy commander of the Revolutionary Guard, had taken over command of the Guard’s forces, following the assassination of Major General Mohammad Pakpour.
In a related context, CBS News quoted an intelligence source and a military source as saying that about 40 Iranian officials were killed in these attacks.
It was unclear whether they were gathered at one location, or targeted at several different locations.