Iran's president says new leadership council 'has begun its work' after killing of supreme leader

Dubai: Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian says a new leadership council "has begun its work" after the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US and Israeli strikes.

Pezeshkian made the comment in a prerecorded message aired on Iranian state television Sunday.

Pezeshkian is one of three officials on the council. The other two are Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejehei, head of the judiciary, and Ayatollah Ali Reza Arafi.