Plans include the formation of an interim leadership council, including the president, the head of the judiciary and a jurist from the Guardian Council, the body that oversees legislation and vets electoral candidates.

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Three people – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Judiciary Chief Gholam Hossein Mohseni Eje'i, and one of the Guardian Council's jurists – temporarily took over the leadership of the state after the killing of the supreme spiritual leader...