US EditionAli Reza Arafi Appointed to Interim Council With Two Others to Oversee Transition After Khamenei's Death
An interim council including Alireza Arafi, the president, judiciary head, and a Guardian Council jurist will lead Iran until the Assembly of Experts selects a new Supreme Leader.
- Following Khamenei's death, officials named Ayatollah Alireza Arafi as interim Supreme Leader, with an interim leadership council managing duties until the Assembly of Experts is tasked with selecting a permanent successor.
- Given constitutional rules, a temporary leadership measure follows, as Arafi's roles on the Guardian Council and Assembly of Experts provided institutional leverage amid clerical factions.
- Arafi, born in Meybod, has decades in theological institutions, studied in Qom, earned the rank of mujtahid, and chaired Al‑Mustafa International University.
- To manage state affairs, the temporary team includes President Masoud Pezeshkian, Chief Justice Gholam‑Hossein Mohseni‑Eje'i, and a Guardian Council cleric as Iran targets US and Israeli bases with missile strikes.
- Analysts say his institutional mix positions Arafi to maintain continuity, while his international roles at Al‑Mustafa highlight influence beyond Iran with a 50 million conversion claim.
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