Israeli strike on Assembly of Experts office in Qom during succession session — deliberate targeting of constitutional succession process

Israeli strike on Assembly of Experts office in Qom during succession session. Axios reports an Israeli official confirmed the IDF deliberately struck the Assembly of Experts council while it was convening to choose Khamenei’s successor — the explicit goal being to prevent the selection of a new Supreme Leader and extend Iran’s leadership vacuum. This is confirmed political decapitation targeting the constitutional succession process itself, not just military infrastructure. The Assembly of Experts is Iran’s 88-member clerical body constitutionally responsible for selecting and supervising the Supreme Leader. By striking during active succession deliberations, Israel targeted the process by which Iran fills its highest leadership position. Casualties from strike unconfirmed. This represents deliberate disruption of Iranian constitutional governance during transition crisis.