Iran's 'Supreme Leader Election' Constitutional Body Member Shot Dead
by Hwang Seoyul
Published 26 Apr.2023 19:18(KST)
Updated 26 Apr.2023 20:20(KST)
An Islamic cleric who was a member of the constitutional body responsible for electing Iran's Supreme Leader has been killed.
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State-run IRNA news agency reported on the 26th (local time) that Abbas Ali Soleimani, a 75-year-old member of the Supreme Leader's Office Council, was shot dead at a bank in the city of Babolsar in Mazandaran Province, Iran.
The Supreme Leader's Office Council is a constitutional body with the authority to decide the successor in the event of the Supreme Leader's death or incapacitation, and it is composed of 88 senior clerics.
Member Soleimani had previously served as the 'Supreme Leader's Representative' in the southeastern province of Sistan-va-Baluchestan and as a representative cleric for the central cities of Kashan and Zahedan.
The police arrested a male suspect at the scene and are investigating the motive behind the crime.
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