Who is Ayatollah Alireza Arafi? Senior cleric named interim Supreme Leader after Khamenei’s death​on March 1, 2026 at 10:36 am

Senior cleric Ayatollah Alireza Arafi has been appointed interim Supreme Leader of Iran after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a joint US-Israeli airstrike on Tehran.  Senior cleric Ayatollah Alireza Arafi has been appointed interim Supreme Leader of Iran after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a joint US-Israeli airstrike on Tehran.