US EditionBBC World Service - Newshour, Iran Chooses New Supreme Leader - but Does Not Name
Iran's clerical body chose a successor likely Mojtaba Khamenei to maintain hardline control amid war and crises, with over 1,300 civilians reported killed, officials said.
- On Sunday, the Assembly of Experts said it has decided on a successor but has not released the name and could meet to formalize it.
- Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed eight days ago, forcing succession amid full-scale war, economic crisis, water shortages, and recent protests; Iran's regime has only managed succession once before.
- Thick black smoke hung over Tehran after strikes on Shahran fuel tanks released hazardous materials, while a US attack on Qeshm Island disrupted water supplies to 30 villages and Bahrain reported damage to a desalination plant.
- Israel's military threatened to kill any replacement, and Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister, vowed to press on 'without mercy', while U.S. officials discussed special forces use, Axios reported.
- Mojtaba Khamenei is the clear favourite after amassing power under his father, and Assembly members said the candidate was chosen following Khamenei's guidance that the leader should be 'hated by the enemy', signaling hardliner continuity.
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Iran Sends Message Of 'Defiance' By Picking Mojtaba Khamenei As New Supreme Leader
When Iran's Assembly of Experts convened under threat of US-Israeli air strikes to select a new supreme leader, it chose the one name guaranteed to be read as a provocation in the United States and Israel: another Khamenei.
U.S. President Donald Trump weighs the possibility of deploying special forces to confiscate Iranian uranium, as reported this Sunday by Bloomberg News. The Republican has also stated that Iran’s future supreme leader must have his approval or “shall not last long” in office. Iran has revealed that this new supreme leader is Mojtaba Jameneí, son of Ayatollah Ali Jameneí, murdered by the U.S. and Israel on March 1, when the offensive against Iran…
Sydney Morning Herald
Iran selects new supreme leader
Senior Iranian clerics have chosen a new leader, but have not named him.
On Sunday, March 8, Iran announced the appointment of a new Supreme Leader to succeed Ali Khamenei, who was killed on February 28, at the beginning of the Israeli-American strikes. However, his identity was not communicated by the Revolutionary Guards. Israel assured that this new leader would also be "a target". - War in the Middle East: a new Supreme Leader named in Iran... but his identity is still unknown (International).
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