Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ali Larijani, the leader of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, is the man regarded by experts as the most likely to step into the power vacuum left by the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after joint US-Israeli strikes.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. March 1 (Reuters) - Veteran Iranian politician Ali Larijani, who said on Sunday a temporary leadership council would be set up after an air strike killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, reemerged last year as one of the most powerful figures in the security hierarchy.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the possibility of military conflict with the US grew, Iranian leader Ali Khamenei has delegated the mission of ensuring the survival of the political structure and managing war conditions to Ali Larijani, the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, according to The New York Times.