# Pezeshkian sits on the Interim Leadership Council after Khamenei’s death

Date: 2026

## The fact

From 1 to 8 March 2026 President Pezeshkian sat ex officio on the Interim Leadership Council with the chief justice and a Guardian Council cleric, per Article 111, until [Mojtaba Khamenei](/people/mojtaba-khamenei) became Supreme Leader.

## Context

Neighbouring war start is 28 February. Neighbouring Mojtaba accession is 8 March. He did not write Article 111.

28 February war start is neighbouring. 8 March Mojtaba accession is later.

The President of Iran is head of the executive, not commander-in-chief of the IRGC or the armed forces. That command sits with the Supreme Leader. Pezeshkian does not write IAEA Board resolutions, [US Treasury](/organizations/us-treasury) designations, or Israeli cabinet strike orders. An IRGC operation is not automatically his Fact.

## Evidence and sources

Presidency of the Islamic Republic of Iran carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently.

## Significance

The path is [social cohesion](/drivers/social-cohesion): a completed Article 111 interval is an orderly Leader-succession instrument during a war. A week on the council is not a Supreme Leadership.

## What is established and what is not

Established: 1–8 March 2026 Interim Leadership Council including [Pezeshkian](/people/masoud-pezeshkian), independently reported.

Not established: that he became Supreme Leader, or a unique later IRGC-command coefficient from the week.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

The chief justice and Arafi sat. The Assembly of Experts then named Mojtaba. He did not become Leader.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Pezeshkian sits on the Interim Leadership Council after Khamenei’s death, not a later speech about Pezeshkian sits on the Interim Leadership Council after Khamenei’s death.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. Pezeshkian sits on the Interim Leadership Council after Khamenei’s death on 2026-03-01 is not a licence to treat every later Presidency of the Islamic Republic of Iran communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average Pezeshkian sits on the Interim Leadership Council after Khamenei’s death into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to He sat ex officio. The chief justice and Arafi sat. The Assembly of Experts then named Mojtaba. He did not become Leader. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

## People

- Masoud Pezeshkian: https://factrail.ai/people/masoud-pezeshkian

## Drivers

- Social Cohesion: https://factrail.ai/drivers/social-cohesion
- Democratic Resilience: https://factrail.ai/drivers/democratic-resilience

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-interim-leadership-council-pezeshkian-2026-03-01/
- https://www.president.ir/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/ir-interim-council-2026