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Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, in his first statement since his appointment, said that the Strait of Hormuz must remain closed as leverage against the US and that the attacks on Middle East neighbours will continue. Khamenei’s statement was read on state television on Thursday by a news anchor, and he did not appear…
Last Updated:March 12, 2026, 8:06 PM IST In his first statement since the war killed his father, Khamenei said Iran’s attacks on US bases in Gulf countries would continue and vowed to avenge the blood of ‘martyrs’. Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei sent a defiant message to the US. (File) In his first statement since…
American Cardinal Robert McElroy, the archbishop of Washington, has said the US war in Iran is “not morally legitimate”, adopting a stronger tone than that of Pope Leo XIV. In an interview with the Catholic Standard, the magazine of the Diocese of Washington, the cardinal said the war did not meet the criterion for a…
Last Updated:March 10, 2026, 8:59 PM IST Pakistan’ PM Shehbaz Sharif and President Asif Zardari have congratulated Mojtaba Khamenei on his appointment as Iran’s next Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (Reuters) Pakistan’s diplomatic tightrope was on full display after its leaders congratulated Iran’s new Supreme Leader…
Iran’s security chief, Ali Larijani, threatened US President Donald Trump in a social media post on Tuesday. In a post on X, Larijani wrote, “Even those greater than you could not eliminate Iran. Watch out for yourself, lest you be eliminated!” The Ashura people of Iran are not afraid of your fake threats.Even bigger than…
Iranians living abroad could have property confiscated and face other legal penalties if they express support for the United States and Israel, the Iranian prosecutor general’s office said on Monday. Some members of the Iranian diaspora who want political change in Tehran took to the streets of European and American cities to celebrate the killing…
High above southern Afghanistan, a silent aircraft traced a wide arc over the skies of Kandahar. It was almost invisible against the darkness. Its wing blended into the night, its engines muted, its sensors scanning quietly across borders and valleys. The aircraft was the RQ-170 Sentinel, the American stealth surveillance drone that US operators flew…
3 minutes ago copy link Iranian-born Sacred Games fame actress Elnaaz Norouzi has expressed strong opposition to the appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei as the new Supreme Leader of Iran. Elnaz says that Iran’s future will be ruined in the hands of Mojtaba. He raised the question as to who has chosen Mojtaba as the Supreme…
Iran’s Assembly of Experts has announced that Mojtaba Khamenei will succeed his slain father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country’s Supreme Leader, Iranian state media reported on Sunday, according to Reuters. The official announcement came days after a report from Iran International, an anti-Tehran media outlet, first said that the 56-year-old hardliner had been chosen…
Amid widening war in the Middle EastUS President Donald Trump warned that Iran’s next supreme leader would not remain in power without Washington’s approval, as Tehran moved closer to announcing the successor to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in recent US-Israeli strikes. Iran’s powerful Assembly of Experts has already chosen the country’s next leader…