Drama within Iran’s leadership: The Assembly of Experts convened secretly and virtually to determine the identity of the next leader.

While Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei is emerging as the leading candidate, officials in Tehran fear that a public declaration would turn him into an immediate target for assassination by the United States and Israel.

Israeli forces struck a meeting of Iran’s Supreme Council on Tuesday as officials gathered to choose a successor to the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a senior Israeli official.