Last year, following strikes by the US and Israel, Khamenei picked three candidates to succeed him in the event of an untimely death, according to The New York Times. The three candidates were reported to be Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i, head of the judiciary, Ali Asghar Hejazi, Khamenei’s chief of staff, and Hassan Khomeini, grandson of Ruhollah Khomeini.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has vowed sweeping retaliation following the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, declaring that the country’s armed forces will continue operations with full force against enemy bases.
Global crude oil prices surged 10 per cent on Sunday (March 1) amid escalating tensions in the Middle East and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a vital maritime corridor for global energy supplies.
Less than a year after pledging to avoid foreign entanglements and regime-change wars, US President Donald Trump has ordered a full-scale military strike against Iran, marking a sharp shift from his earlier rhetoric of non-intervention.
At least three people, including a Bangladeshi, were killed and 58 others injured in missile attacks on the United Arab Emirates following Iran’s retaliatory strikes in the Gulf after US and Israeli operations.
Alireza Arafi, a member of Iran’s Guardian Council, has been appointed to the interim Leadership Council as a clerical judge.