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US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said that Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has been “wounded and likely disfigured” in US-Israeli strikes. At a news briefing at the Pentagon, Hegseth said, “We know the new so-called not-so-supreme leader is wounded and likely disfigured.” He questioned why Khamenei’s first address as Supreme Leader did not have…
US President Donald Trump told G7 leaders that Iran is “about to surrender” during a virtual meeting on Wednesday, Axios reported. On the call, Trump bragged about the results of Operation Epic Fury and told allies that he “got rid of a cancer that was threatening us all”. Trump claimed that Iran cannot announce the…
On March 8 2026, ten days after US-Israeli strikes killed his father, Mojtaba Khamenei was appointed Iran’s third supreme leader. At 56, he became the most powerful figure in a country of 90 million people, at war and under siege. He had never given a public speech. He had never held elected office. But the…
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…