Council assumes leadership duties as succession process begins in Iran

A leadership council has been formed in Iran to assume duties following the assassination of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Picture: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/AP

The death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after almost 37 years in power raises paramount questions about the country’s future.

The contours of a complex succession process are beginning to take shape, the day after his assassination by the US and Israel.