Iran's Provisional Leadership Council Holds Second Meeting Amidst Crisis

• Iran's Provisional Leadership Council held its second meeting with President Masoud Pezekshian, Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei, and Ayatollah Alireza Arafi.
• The council was formed after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei's death in Israel-US strikes, part of Operation Epic Fury/Roaring Lion.
• The interim council will oversee the country until a new supreme leader is elected, with at least 201 reported deaths in ongoing attacks.
• Alireza Arafi, a Guardian Council member and deputy chairman of the Assembly of Experts, was appointed as the jurist member of the Leadership Council.
• Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, a senior religious leader, has headed the judiciary since 2021 and previously served as intelligence minister.