US EditionTrump Says Iran War Will Be over 'Pretty Quickly' but US Hasn't 'Won Enough' Yet
US and Israeli forces targeted five Iranian oil facilities near Tehran, damaging depots and a transport center as the conflict entered its ninth day, officials said.
- On Sunday, March 8, 2026, the United States and Israel struck five oil facilities in and near Tehran, causing fires and damage as air raid sirens sounded across Israel.
- The war began on Feb. 28 after joint U.S.-Israeli strikes and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's reported death has sparked a contested succession with Mojtaba Khamenei as a leading candidate.
- A tower in Kuwait City caught fire after falling debris damaged civilian facilities, while falling missile debris injured three people and damaged a university in Bahrain on Sunday.
- The IRIS Dena was torpedoed and sunk off Sri Lanka, and 22 Iranian crew were discharged from Karapitiya Hospital after rescue from life rafts.
- Attacks on energy and water infrastructure mark a significant escalation, while Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged restraint and de-escalation on Sunday.
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By CNN Iran's Assembly of Experts named Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of the late supreme leader Ali Khamenei, as Iran's new leader after his father's death in U.S. and Israeli air strikes. With the decision, which many Iranians expected would never happen, the Islamic Republic de facto adopts a dynastic dynamic, something that in theory had ended the Iranian Revolution of 1979 after overthrowing the Shah. Born in 1969, Mojtaba Khamenei recei…
Iran's New Supreme Leader Seen as 'Dangerous'
Iran has a new supreme leader, and his ascension to the post doesn't appear to bode well for a quick end to the war. Iran's Assembly of Experts picked Mojtaba Khamenei , the 56-year-old son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after the latter was killed by airstrikes. A quick look: Hardliner: The...
US-Israel-Iran War Live: Trump calls choice of Iran's new Supreme Leader 'a big mistake'
US-Israel Attacks Iran Live Updates: As the Middle East war entered its 10th day, Iran launched fresh attacks on Israel and several Gulf countries on Monday, hours after state television reported that Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the country’s late supreme leader, had been named his successor. The escalation rattled global markets, sending oil prices sharply higher and sparking fears that rising energy costs could fuel inflation and curb consumer spe
Is Mojtaba Khamenei Iran's New Supreme Leader? Secret Successor Elected Following Death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Mojtaba Khamenei has emerged as the name over Iran's leadership succession after a senior Iranian official told state media that the Assembly of Experts had elected a new supreme leader without publicly naming the winner as strikes continued across Iran, Lebanon and the Gulf on Sunday. The news came after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was reported killed in an Israeli strike last Saturday, pushing the war between Iran, the US and Israel into its ninth …
Israel hits Iran's oil depots as clerics say consensus reached on Ayatollah successor
Israel targeted Iran's oil facilities for the first time early Sunday, with videos showing huge flames lighting up the sky, while Iranian state media reported officials were close to announcing a successor for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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