The interim management council of Iran has been shaped following the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the nation’s supreme chief, Iranian state TV reported Sunday.
The interim management council will embody Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, the pinnacle of the judiciary and Ayatollah Alireza Arafi, who was chosen because the consultant of the Guardian Council.
In accordance with the Islamic Republic structure, the Guardian Council consists of 12 members: six “faghihs,” or Islamic jurists, and 6 Muslim “consultants” in varied areas of legislation.
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Pezeshkian — who sources informed ABC Information was focused in Saturday’s joint U.S.-Israel assault — resurfaced on Sunday on Iranian state TV. He stated that the interim management council has began its work following the demise of Khamenei.
Folks collect in Revolution Sq. to mourn the demise of Iran’s Supreme Chief who was killed in joint operation named Epic Fury by Israel and the U.S. in his residence a day earlier than, March 1, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.
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In a taped video message broadcast on the Iranian state TV, Pezeshkian stated that the armed forces of the Islamic Republic are “powerfully crushing the enemy’s bases.”
Secretary of the Supreme Nationwide Safety Council of Iran, Ali Larijani, appeared in a tv interview in Iran on Sunday and commented on the demise of Khamenei, saying, “The passing of a fantastic character has wounded the hearts of all of us.”
Iran’s supreme chief, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei adjusts his eye glasses after voting at a polling station in Tehran, March 14, 2008.
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“Individuals ought to know that by stabbing the hearts of the Iranian nation, their hearts can be stabbed,” Larijani stated. “What they did in a merciless approach in the direction of the Iranian management has angered the folks a lot that they’ll by no means obtain their targets.”
He additionally stated a brief management council could be shaped of the president, the pinnacle of the judiciary, and one of many jurists of the Guardian Council.
A spokesperson for the Guardian Council stated, “The nation’s structure supplies for the present state of affairs and the management council can be in cost till the management is set.”
In accordance with the legislation, the management should be decided as quickly as attainable, given the conflict circumstances. Israel Protection Forces (IDF) stated 40 Iranian commanders have been additionally killed in Saturday’s assault that President Donald Trump described as a “huge and ongoing operation” in opposition to Iran and its Center East proxies.
The IDF stated the Israeli Air Pressure struck and eradicated seven members of the highest Iranian safety management who had gathered at a number of places in Tehran.
Amongst these eradicated within the strikes was Abdolrahim Mousavi, who served as chief of workers of the armed forces, in keeping with the IDF.
Mousavi served as one of many highest senior navy rating officers and was the successor of Mohammad Bagheri, the chief of workers of the Iranian Armed Forces, who was killed within the opening strike of “Operation Rising Lion” in June 2025.
Nearly all of the highest-ranking senior navy officers of the Iranian safety management have been additionally killed, the IDF stated.
