JAKARTA - Iranian officials on Wednesday said they were working to immediately appoint a new supreme leader after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a US-Israeli attack.
"We are all trying," said Ahmad Khatami, a member of the Assembly of Experts (Assembly of Experts) responsible for choosing the new leader, launching Al Arabiya from AFP (4/4).
"InshaAllah, a leader will be appointed as soon as possible. We are close, but the situation is a war situation," he told state television.
It is known that the US and Iran held "Operation Epic Furry" version of Washington or "Operation Roaring Lion" version of Tel Aviv on Saturday, quoted from ABC.
The attack left hundreds of people dead in Iran, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and a number of senior Tehran officials.
Previously, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said any Iranian leader chosen to replace Khamenei "will certainly be a target of assassination."
Khatami said "caution is needed" given these threats, adding that the election of a new supreme leader "is imminent."
Israel and the United States launched an attack on Tuesday that hit the building of a body tasked with choosing Iran's new supreme leader, according to reports by government-affiliated media.
"American-Zionist criminals attacked the Expert Assembly building in Qom," south of Tehran, according to the Tasnim news agency.
The Expert Assembly has 88 members who are elected every eight years. The Assembly is tasked with appointing, overseeing, and potentially dismissing the supreme leader.
The Mullah's state officially began a leadership transition on Sunday, a day after the death of Khamenei, who had led Iran since 1989.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, head of the judiciary Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, and Alireza Arafi - a cleric and member of the Expert Assembly - served as interim leaders in accordance with Article 110 of the country's constitution.
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