Iran is reportedly expected to meet and possibly choose its next supreme leader in the next 24 hours.
Ayatollah Mozaffari, a member of Iran’s 88-member Assembly of Experts, expressed hope that a session could take place over the next day, though no official meeting has been scheduled, according to Iranian International.
The election will take place virtually after the building used by the Assembly of Experts was destroyed in Israeli strikes earlier this week.
The Tuesday attack “flattened” the IRGC’s compound in Qom, as well as a building in Tehran that served as the previous parliament site, The Jerusalem Post reported.
The next supreme leader will be plucked from the 88-member Assembly of Experts.
Sources told the outlet Mojtaba Khamenei was expected to be announced as the new leader on Saturday, but 14 members of the Assembly of Experts boycotted the session.
Motjaba, the second son of slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, is favored by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, but some Assembly members have reportedly raised issues over passing the torch to the longtime ayatollah’s son.
Motjaba has been known for his staunch adherence to his father’s hardline conservatism and anti-Western sentiments.
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President Trump said Motjaba’s appointment would be “unacceptable” for the US and would not bring an end to the new war.
“They are wasting their time. Khamenei’s son is a lightweight,” Trump said this week.
“We want someone that will bring harmony and peace to Iran.”
