Iran's Assembly of Experts - the body tasked with choosing the country's next supreme leader - is meeting virtually, according to Iran's Fars news agency.
The elected body of 88 senior clerics is holding remote meetings after Israel struck compounds belonging to the assembly this week.
State media reported that US-Israeli strikes hit the Assembly of Experts compound in Tehran on Monday, and on Tuesday Israeli military spokeswoman Effie Defrin confirmed a strike on the compound in Qom.
„The results of the strike are still being assessed. "If there are confirmed results, we will provide an update," Defrin told a briefing.
The assembly was not in session at the time of the strike, according to Fars.
The strikes come as Fars said the assembly was in the "final stages" of choosing a new supreme leader, although it is not clear when exactly he will be announced. According to people familiar with the matter, that will not happen before March 6.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has no officially announced successor. After Khamenei's resignation, his powers were temporarily transferred to a three-member council consisting of the president, the head of the judiciary and a senior cleric from the Guardian Council until a new supreme leader is elected. The Guardian Council is a 12-member body of jurists that oversees the activities of Iran's parliament.