On Sunday (1st March), the Islamic Republic of Iran appointed Ayatollah Alireza Arafi as the interim Supreme leader. The development comes a day after the killing of Ali Khamenei in a joint US-Israeli airstrike.
It must be mentioned that Iran activated Article 111 of its Constitution and made an emergency leadership arrangement.
Ayatollah Alireza Arafi will jointly lead Iran along with President Masoud Pezeshkian and Chief Justice Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i.
Ayatollah Ali Reza Arafi has been selected as a member of the interim leadership council alongside Iranian President Pezeshkian and the head of the judiciary. pic.twitter.com/X8y00CdGX4
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Arafi is 67 years old and a senior cleric in Iran. He had previously headed the Islamic seminaries’ network in Iran and worked as a member of the Guardian Council.
