Iran’s foreign minister says new leader will be chosen in days

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Published: Mar. 1, 2026 at 8:35 AM CST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates- (AP) Iran’s foreign minister says a new supreme leader will be chosen in “one or two days.”

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was speaking to the Al Jazeera network on Sunday, a day after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in U.S. and Israeli strikes.