A member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts, Ahmad Alamolhoda, said that the selection of a new Supreme Leader who will succeed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed at the beginning of the U.S.–Israeli attacks on Iran nine days ago, has been completed.
He said that everything now depends on the head of the Secretariat of the Assembly of Experts, Hossein Bushehri, who is responsible for announcing the decisions, the semi-official Iranian news agency Mehr News Agency reported, according to BBC.
The Assembly of Experts is a group of about 88 senior clerics elected by popular vote who are tasked with deciding on Khamenei’s successor.
Earlier, the Israel Defense Forces warned that they would “pursue every successor” to the slain leader Khamenei.
In a post on social media, the Israeli military wrote that Iran’s Assembly of Experts, which has not convened for decades, will soon gather in the city of Qom.
“We want to tell you that the hand of the State of Israel will continue to pursue every successor and every person who seeks to appoint a successor.”
“We warn those who intend to participate in the meeting to select a successor that we will not hesitate to target you as well. This is a warning,” they wrote.
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