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Khamenei Killed: Iran's New Leadership Council

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Irans supreme leader for nearly four decades, has been assassinated in a joint US-Israeli airstrike, along with key figures and family members. A temporary leadership council, including reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian and hard-line judiciary head Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, is now in charge. The Assembly of Experts, a group of Shiite clerics, will select a new leader, with the Guardian Council vetting candidates. Potential successors include Khameneis son, Mojtaba, and late President Ebrahim Raisi. President Trump and exiled Reza Pahlavi believe this marks the end of the Islamic Republic.

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Khamenei Killed: Iran's New Leadership Council

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UK News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Khamenei Killed: Iran's New Leadership Council. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

Reporting from the Daily News Now, I'm Cory with the latest UK headlines brought to you by NordVPN, Fast, Reliable Online Privacy. Links in the episode description, Ayatollah Ali Kaminay, Iran's supreme leader for nearly 37 years, has been killed in U.S. and Israeli air strikes. He was the second leader of the Islamic Republic since his founding in 1979. The strikes also took out key figures like the Army Chief of Staff, General Abdul Rahim Masavi, Defense Minister General Aziz Nasir Zadeh, and Topp. Revolutionary Guard Commander, Major General Mohamed Pakpoor, Kaminay's daughter, grandchild, son-in-law, and daughter-in-law died too. A three-person leadership council is now running things temporarily, following Iranian law. It includes, Reformist President Masoud, Pzezhkin, Hardline Judiciary Head, Golem Hossein, Mosaini AJI, and Jurist Al-Araza Arafi from the Guardian.

Council and besiege forces, officials say they had plans ready for this moment and promise strong unity ahead. Iranians face a huge shift, as the supreme leader holds final say on all state matters. The council will govern briefly while an 88-member assembly of experts made up of Shi'i clerics picks a replacement as soon as possible. That group gets vetted by the Guardian Council, known for blocking moderates. Potential successors are unclear, but Kaminay's son, 56-year-old cleric, Mochabah Kaminay, is often mentioned, though he's held no official. Roles, lay President Ibrahim Rossi, was once seen as a contender before his helicopter crash last year. President Donald Trump calls this Iran's best shot at overthrowing the regime, saying many in the military and security forces one out. Exxov Rezipalevy, son of the Depotshein, agrees the Islamic Republic is finished and urges forces decide with the people for real change. Ibrahim Rossi, 25-year-old whirlwind, allowed Senior President Ibrahim Rossi to take care of the military and security forces out there.

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