Iranian president says new leadership council ‘has begun its work’ after death of supreme leader
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Iranian president says new leadership council ‘has begun its work’ after death of supreme leader
AP News-March 1st,2026
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said Sunday that a new leadership council “has begun its work” after death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Pezeshkian made the comment in a prerecorded message aired on Iranian state television.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told the Al Jazeera network that a new supreme leader will be chosen in “one or two days.”
A massive explosion struck Iran’s capital Sunday as the Israeli military said it was striking targets in central Tehran. Earlier, Iran fired missiles at an ever-widening list of targets in Israel and Gulf Arab states in retaliation
What to know:
- Iran vows revenge for Khamenei killing: “You have crossed our red line and must pay the price,” Iran’s parliamentary speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, said in a televised address Sunday. “We will deliver such devastating blows that you yourselves will be driven to beg.” Trump warned that any retaliation would only lead to further escalation.
- Reported deaths: Iranian authorities say hundreds have been killed since the start of the U.S. and Israeli strikes. Eleven people have been killed in Israel overall, and dozens were wounded in a strike that hit a synagogue. The U.S. military says three service members have been killed and five seriously wounded in the Iran operation.
- Strikes were planned for months and feared for weeks: Tensions have soared in recent weeks as the Trump administration built up the largest force of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East in decades.
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