Defiant Iranian hardliners have celebrated the naming of a new Supreme Leader.Irannamed Mojtaba Khamenei the Islamic Republic’s next ruler on Monday, putting a hard-line cleric in charge as the war continues to engulf the Middle East.
Huge crowds took to the streets of Tehran to hail their new ruler, who is the son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He waskilled in a joint US-Israeli strikeat the outset of the war which is now in its second week. Supporters in the Iranian capital waved flags and cried, "Allahu Akbar, Khamenei Rahbar", which translates to "God is greater, Khamenei is leader".
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Under the shadow of war, Iran's Assembly of Experts chose the secretive, 56-year-old cleric, who has close ties to the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.
The Guard has been firing missiles and drones atIsraeland Gulf Arab states since Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed on February 28.
Iran has targeted Israel and US bases in the region since the war erupted, but the country has also been launching missiles and drones at energy infrastructure and desalination plants.
A blaze broke out on Monday (March 9) at an oil facility attacked in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. Bahrain's only oil refinery was apparently also hit and Saudi Arabia said it had intercepted several drones attacking its Shaybah oil field.
Israel claimed strikes on targets in the Iranian city of Isfahan, saying it had hit command centres for the Revolutionary Guard and its volunteer Basij force as well as a rocket engine production facility and missile launch sites.
The Islamic Republic's military has vowed to strike oil sites in the region in response to any US-Israeli attacks.
Source: Daily Express :: World Feed
