The Assembly is by its nature judicial rather than theological. According to the Iranian Constitution, the assembly is in charge of supervising, dismissing and electing the Supreme Leader. In the event of his death, resignation or dismissal, the Experts take steps within the shortest possible time to appoint a new Leader. The Constitution states that if the Leader "becomes incapable of fulfilling his constitutional duties, or loses one of the qualifications mentioned in the Constitution, or it becomes known that he did not possess some of the qualifications initially, he will be dismissed." The assembly has never dismissed a sitting Supreme Leader, and as all of their meetings and notes are strictly confidential. The assembly has never been known to challenge or otherwise publicly oversee any of the Supreme Leader's decisions.