Israel Attacks Clerical Body Meant to Choose Iran’s Next Leader

The Israeli military appeared to attack Iran’s Assembly of Experts, the clerical body tasked with choosing the next supreme leader, on Tuesday.

Both Iranian and Israeli media reported a strike on an Assembly of Experts site in Qom, a city south of Tehran. But they differed on the outcome. Israel’s Kan News, citing a senior Israeli official, said the assembly was meeting to pick a replacement for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency said no such meeting was taking place at the time.