Since Operation Roaring Lion began on February 28, several high-ranking Iranian officials have been killed, including Ali Larijani and former intelligence minister Esmaeil Khatib. Mojtaba Khamenei has become the new supreme leader after his father was killed and is believed to be critically injured. Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran’s president, now leads an Interim Leadership Council alongside Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i, the Chief Justice, and Alireza Arafi, a senior cleric.
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