Hours after Iran confirmed the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the man who had personified the Islamic republic for nearly four decades, senior leaders assumed to be in hiding appeared one by one on state television in a bid to project continuity and defiance.
Top political and military figures insisted the succession process for a new supreme leader would be conducted as laid out by the constitution, with a three-man interim council providing leadership during a transition period.
Iran’s top security official Ali Larijani, making his first appearance since the US and Israel launched the war, said the interim leadership council — a trio of top officials overseeing the transition — was scheduled to convene that day.
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