Quoting unidentified news sources in Tehran, in his telephone report to PARS TV news from Paris today Morteza Lotfi said secret meetings are underway in Tehran to designate a three-person Leadership Council to replace Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The council will consist of Chief Justice Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahrudi and former presidents Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani and Mohammad Khatami; this council is to be confirmed by the Assembly of Experts for Leadership Affairs at its next meeting.