New leader will be appointed soon despite ongoing conflict
Ahmad Khatami, a member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts, said that a new supreme leader will be appointed "at the earliest opportunity."
Khatami told state media that there had been questions about why a leader was not named immediately after the late supreme leader’s death, and said that earlier, there was no wartime context to speed that process.
He said that despite the delay, there was no problem in leadership selection and that the Assembly of Experts will decide on a successor.
