Who is running Iran now?

Published March 2, 2026 4:36pm ET



Iranian authorities have announced a three-member interim council to run the government amid the unprecedented joint U.S.-Israeli operations that took out both Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several other senior officials.

The three council members will be Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian; the chief justice of the Supreme Court, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei; and a member of the Guardian Council, Ayatollah Alireza Arafi. This decision is outlined in the country’s constitution.

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