Ayatollah Alireza Arafi Appointed to Iran's Interim Leadership Council

Iran has appointed Ayatollah Alireza Arafi as the jurist member of its interim Leadership Council, which will govern until the Assembly of Experts selects a new supreme leader. Arafi, a cleric with longstanding ties to the regime and member of the Guardian Council and Assembly of Experts, joins President Masoud Pezeshkian and Chief Justice Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei on the three-member council. His appointment reflects trust from the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and marks a shift from singular leadership to collective governance.