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Tel Aviv sought to paralyze the process of appointing the new supreme leader although it is not clear how many of the 88 members were inside.
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The Israeli Air Force this Tuesday bombed the building that houses the Expert Council of Iran in the holy city of Qomaccording to the digital Axios.
Composed of 88 members, it is the body in charge of appointing the successor of the supreme leader, a position vacant after the death of Ayatollah Ali Khameneihit by Israeli bombs at his residence in Tehran.
With the airstrike launched this Tuesday, Israel sought to interrupt the process of electing his successor.
A building belonging to the Iranian Assembly of Experts, the body responsible for selecting Khamenei’s successor, has been demolished by Israel 🇮🇱
Iranian state television, IRIB, says buildings had been evacuated in advance and no casualties were reported. pic.twitter.com/UEUvnF8Voq
— 𝖧𝖅𝖆𝖆𝖆𝖆𝖆𝖆𝖆 March 3, 2026
At the moment, It is not clear how many Council members remained gathered inside. of the building and the extent of the damage, although images of the area show a dense cloud of smoke emanating from the practically destroyed building.
The Fars news agency maintains, however, that it was empty at the time of the attack.
The cleric Ali Moallemi, one of the members of the Assembly of Experts, announced on Sunday in statements to the Shafaq agency that The process to appoint the next leader “will not be prolonged”.
On the same Sunday, Ayatollah Alireza Arafi was appointed to assume the duties of the supreme leader within a temporary leadership council, along with President Masud Pezeshkian and head of the judiciary Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei.
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