"Iran’s Guardian Council spokesperson Hadi Tahan Nazif announced on Sunday that members of an 'Interim Leadership Council' have been selected, following the killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in joint US-Israeli strikes on Tehran. Nazif said that under Article 111 of Iran’s constitution, the Assembly of Experts holds the responsibility to elect a new Supreme Leader, while an interim body assumes leadership duties during the transition. “Until a new leader is elected, a council has been predicted in Article 111 of the constitution, which consists of the president, the head of the judiciary, and one cleric from the Guardian Council chosen by the Expediency Council,” Nazif said. “As you have also seen in the news, this process has been followed, meaning the members of the Expediency Council chose one of the clerics from the Guardian Council, Ayatollah Rafiei. And this council is now practically formed,” he added. Nazif explained that the country remains in 'wartime conditions' but stressed that “the constitution has made the necessary provisions for such days, and we are not facing any ambiguity regarding this process.” Earlier on Sunday, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian confirmed that the Interim Leadership Council had begun its work, formally activating the succession mechanism outlined in the constitution. The United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iranian military targets on Saturday, with US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stating their intention to dismantle Iran’s missile capabilities. In response, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced 'widespread missile and drone attacks' targeting Israel, while reports indicated that US military bases in the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Iraq and Kuwait were also targeted. The escalation follows three recent rounds of diplomatic talks between Iranian and American officials, held in Muscat and Geneva. Amid the crisis, Russia, China, France, Bahrain and Colombia have called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council."