Iran's hierarchy affected: Assembly of Experts' edifice in Qom obliterated in a strike

03 March 2026 , 15:03

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Iran's hierarchy affected: Assembly of Experts' edifice in Qom obliterated in a strike

Israel and US strikes have flattened the building of a body tasked with choosing Iran’s new supreme leader.

Local media has reported that the "Assembly of Experts building" in the city of Qom, south of Tehran, was attacked on Tuesday. 

Footage shows the building severely damaged by strikes.

The Assembly of Experts consists of members who help to decide who assumes the role after Ayatollah Khamenei was killed in US and Israeli strikes on Saturday.

It is unclear who was inside the building at the time.

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