Who will run Iran?

UANI Senior Advisor Dr. Saeid Golkar and Policy Director Jason Brodsky write: "The assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a joint US-Israeli airstrike on 28 February 2026, plunged the Islamic Republic of Iran into its most profound leadership crisis and potential regime-shaking transition since the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989. Within hours, Tehran activated the constitutional mechanism designed for precisely such a contingency: the formation of a three-member interim leadership council empowered to exercise the Supreme Leader’s authority until a successor is chosen."