Demonstrators hold images of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, after he was killed in Israeli and U.S. strikes on Saturday, during an anti-Israeli and U.S. rally. File image: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters
The clerical body that will choose Iran’s next Supreme Leader, succeeding Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has more or less reached a majority consensus, Assembly of Experts member Ayatollah Mohammadmehdi Mirbaqeri said on Sunday (March 8, 2026).
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See Details on AmazonThe Mehr news agency quoted him as saying “some obstacles” still needed to be resolved regarding the process.
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On Saturday (March 7, 2026), a senior cleric in the Assembly of Experts said its members would meet “within one day” to choose the leader.
Iranian media said the group had a minor disagreement over whether their final decision must follow an in-person meeting or instead be issued without adhering to this formality.
Ayatollah Mohsen Heidari Alekasir, another member of the Assembly of Experts, said in a video released by Nournews on Sunday (March 8, 2026) that an in-person meeting by the Assembly for a final vote was not possible under current conditions.
He said a candidate had been picked, based on the late Supreme Leader’s advice that Iran’s top leader should “be hated by the enemy” instead of praised by it.
“Even the Great Satan [U.S.] has mentioned his name,” Heidari Alekasir said of the chosen successor, days after U.S. President Donald Trump said that Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba, was an “unacceptable” choice for him.
Published – March 08, 2026 01:34 pm IST
