Ayatollah Alireza appointed to temporary council that will govern till new supreme leader elected
Tehran: Ayatollah Alireza Arafi has been appointed to a three-member temporary council that, under Iran’s law, will govern until a new supreme leader can potentially be chosen.
The 67-year-old cleric is a member of the Guardian Council, the powerful constitutional watchdog body that must later select a supreme leader. His appointment to the temporary council was confirmed by the Expediency Council, an influential arbitration body.
Arafi will now serve alongside hardline cleric and judiciary chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei and President Masoud Pezeshkian on the interim body.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and security chief Ali Larijani are also expected to play key roles in shaping the political landscape, though it remains unclear where the balance of power will ultimately lie.
Meanwhile, the commander-in-chief of the IRGC has reportedly been assassinated for the second time in less than a year. The identity of the next leader of the powerful military and economic force has not yet been officially announced.
IRGC-linked Telegram channels are citing deputy chief Ahmad Vahidi as a likely candidate. Vahidi was appointed to the post by Khamenei two months ago.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
