IRNA reported that the interim body will consist of the president, the head of the judiciary, and a jurist from the Guardian Council.

The council will temporarily assume all leadership duties in the country, though officials did not specify how long the arrangement would remain in place.

In a separate development, IRNA confirmed that Ali Shamkhani, a senior political adviser to the Supreme Leader and secretary of Iran’s Defence Council, was killed in recent US-Israeli strikes on Tehran.

The agency also reported that Major General Mohammad Pakpour, commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was killed in the attacks.