'Salman Khurshid has confirmed Kharge is just a rubber stamp Congress president': Gaurav Bhatia (BJP)

Iran has named cleric Alireza Arafi to its temporary Leadership Council following the killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in US-Israeli strikes. Arafi joins President Masoud Pezeshkian and Chief Justice Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei in overseeing the supreme leader’s duties until a successor is chosen by the Assembly of Experts. A former Guardian Council member and current deputy chairman of the Assembly, Arafi was considered a frontrunner to succeed Khamenei. The transition unfolds amid intense regional escalation, raising questions over Iran’s internal stability, the role of the Revolutionary Guard, and the future direction of the Islamic Republic’s leadership.