Ayatollah Alireza Arafi: Iran’s interim leader emerges from Khamenei’s trusted circle; spoke of AI to spread ideology
Until this week, Ayatollah Alireza Arafi was a name familiar mainly within the insular world of Iran’s clerical establishment. That changed overnight. On Sunday, Arafi was appointed as the jurist member of Iran’s interim Leadership Council, the body tasked with fulfilling the Supreme Leader’s role until the Assembly of Experts elects a permanent successor. Born … Read more