DUBAI, March 8 (Reuters) - ⁠The clerical body that will choose Iran's next ⁠supreme leader, succeeding the slain Ayatollah Ali ‌Khamenei, has more or less reached a majority consensus, Assembly of Experts member Ayatollah Mohammadmehdi Mirbaqeri said on Sunday. The Mehr news ​agency quoted him as saying "some obstacles" ⁠still needed to be ⁠resolved regarding the process. On Saturday, 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. 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.

Source: The Star March 08, 2026 07:49 UTC