Iran said to have chosen new leader but announcement to wait

Iraqi Shiites carry a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a protest against US and Israeli attacks on Iran at a bridge leading to Green Zone where the US embassy is located, in Baghdad on February 28, 2026. Several hundred people protested against the US-Israeli strikes on Iran near the US embassy in Baghdad on February 28, AFP journalists said. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)

The clerical body that will choose Iran's next supreme leader, succeeding the slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has 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

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