Iran Names Interim Leadership Council After Supreme Leader Killed in U.S.–Israeli Strikes

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in joint U.S.–Israeli strikes, and Tehran says a new interim leadership structure is now in charge of the Islamic Republic.

The sudden vacuum at the top has raised tension across the Middle East and uncertainty within Iran, where Khamenei’s authority shaped foreign and domestic policy for decades.

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