Iran's Succession Process Ongoing After Supreme Leader's Death

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New Delhi, March 5 Iran has not yet elected a successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Syed Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated in a joint US-Israeli airstrike last week, a senior Iranian official said on Thursday.

Ayatollah Dr Abdul Majeed Hakeemelahi, the representative of Iran's supreme leader in India, also said that the process to elect a new leader is still underway.

"This news is not true because, until now, they (the council) have not chosen or nominated anyone, and the process is still underway," Hakeemelahi told
 
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