Overview
- State media and officials said Ayatollah Alireza Arafi was appointed as the jurist member of the three‑person council alongside President Masoud Pezeshkian and Chief Justice Gholam‑Hossein Mohseni‑Ejei.
- President Pezeshkian announced on state television that the council has started work, pledging continuity in governance and vowing to defend the country.
- Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi indicated the Assembly of Experts may choose a permanent successor "in a day or two."
- Iranian outlets reported the deaths of senior security figures in the strikes, including Defence Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh and armed forces chief Abdolrahim Mousavi.
- The IRGC said it launched retaliatory attacks on US and Israeli targets with explosions reported in parts of the Gulf, though independent verification of all claims remains limited.