Ayatollah Arafi has been appointed as the acting Supreme Leader of Iran, ISNA reports.

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Factcheck: Per ISNA and reports from Reuters, India Today, Economic Times & others: Ayatollah Alireza Arafi (pictured) was named jurist member of Iran’s interim Leadership Council today. The council (with President Pezeshkian & Chief Justice Ejei) assumes Supreme Leader duties after Khamenei’s death in US-Israeli strikes, until Assembly of Experts picks a permanent successor.

 

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