Elham will retain his position as government spokesman, the report said.
Iran’s Justice Minister Jamal Karimi-Rad died on Thursday in a road accident in the midlands.
As both Justice Minister and Judiciary Spokesman, Karimi-Rad was a senior official in Iran’s executive and judicial branches.
He was previously a revolutionary prosecutor in Zanjan and Qazvin provinces, and director of Taazirat Department (agency for implementation of corporal punishment, including flogging in public, etc) in Qazvin.