Israel has issued a threat to pursue every successor to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The warning was directed at the Iranian body responsible for selecting the next Supreme Leader. Khamenei was reportedly killed on February 28 in a joint U.S.-Israeli attack. The statement appeared in a Farsi-language post on social media, declaring that Israeli forces would also go after those involved in appointing his successor.

According to Iranian law, an 88-member panel of religious scholars known as the Assembly of Experts is tasked with choosing the new Supreme Leader as soon as possible. The panel is composed entirely of Shia clerics who are elected by public vote every eight years. The process of selecting a new leader is now underway amid heightened regional tensions.

The situation has drawn attention across the Gulf region, where concerns have been raised over Iran’s conflicting messages and the potential for further instability following Khamenei’s death.