The Council of Experts is an Iranian body composed of 80 senior clerics. Its primary responsibility is the selection and supervision of the country's supreme leader, including the task of choosing a successor to the current Ayatollah.

“Uh first of all thanks for inviting me here. uh the selection of uh by the uh council of experts uh I think has a lot of uh um connotations.”

“Uh first of all thanks for inviting me here. uh the selection of uh by the uh council of experts uh I think has a lot of uh um connotations.”

“And ultimately the decision as to who would succeed him by constitution is made by council of experts... and they made that decision to replace it with his son”

“And ultimately the decision as to who would succeed him by constitution is made by council of experts... and they made that decision to replace it with his son”

“Machaba Kamei was chosen as supreme leader by Iran's assembly of experts.”