Iran's official news agency IRNA reports that a council comprising the president, head of the judiciary, and a Guardian Council jurist will temporarily assume the duties of the leader of the Islamic Republic. This follows unconfirmed reports of the deaths of Masoud Pezeshkian and Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Eje'i, and the announcement that Mohammad Reza Aref has taken charge under wartime conditions.
