Pull to refresh
Logo
Daily Brief
Following
Why Sign Up
IRGC Interim Command Council

IRGC Interim Command Council

Military Organization

Appears in 1 story

Stories

Iran activates wartime succession after Khamenei killed in US-Israeli strikes

Force in Play

Established March 1 to coordinate military operations during succession crisis

Ali Khamenei ruled Iran as supreme leader for 36 years until joint US-Israeli strikes on February 28, 2026, killed him along with family members and multiple top military and intelligence officials at his Tehran compound, triggering an opaque succession process under fire. With the Assembly of Experts’ Qom site damaged in Israeli strikes and its deliberations driven underground, acting leader Ali Larijani faces a power vacuum in which the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ interim command council is trying to preserve operational control while missiles and drones continue to fly across the region.

Updated Mar 7