Iran foreign minister suggests new supreme leader may be chosen within days

Iran could potentially elect a new supreme leader within one or two days, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said, as the country begins a 40-day mourning period following the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in joint US-Israeli strikes.

Speaking exclusively to Al Jazeera as Iran continued to exchange fire with Israel and the United States, Araghchi confirmed that the constitutional machinery ...