Middle East crisis live: Mojtaba Khamenei chosen as Iran’s new supreme leader; oil prices soar past $100 a barrel | US-Israel war on Iran
important events
A loud explosion was recently heard in the southern suburbs of Beirut..
A journalist from Agence-France-Presse reported that clouds of smoke rose from the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital after the explosion was heard.
The area, a Hezbollah stronghold where the Israeli army ordered its residents to evacuate, was hit by Israel last week but has not been attacked since Saturday.
The Israeli army reportedly said it launched a wave of attacks in central Iran and also hit Hezbollah targets in Beiru.T.
We will bring you more on this topic soon.
Opening summary
Hello and welcome to our ongoing live coverage of the war against Iran.
Here are the main developments:
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Iran elects Mojtaba Khamenei as the country’s new religious leader State media announced that this incident took place after his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in US-Israeli attacks. He was chosen by Iran’s 88-member Assembly of Experts, a group of senior clerics tasked with selecting the supreme leader.
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Donald Trump has warned Iran’s new leader “will not last long” if he does not first get Iranians’ approval for the theocratic mandate. “He’ll have to get approval from us,” the president told ABC News. “If he doesn’t get approval from us, he can’t stay in office for long. We want to make sure we don’t have to go back every 10 years when you don’t have a president like me who can’t do that.”
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Iran war caused crude oil price to rise above $100 per barrel For the first time since 2022.
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Embers pushed aside concerns Regarding the increase in oil prices Although the price of crude oil exceeded $100 per barrel for the first time since 2022, US-Israeli air strikes against Iran caused this. “Short-term oil prices that will plummet once the Iranian nuclear threat ceases to exist are a very small price to pay for the United States and the World, for Security and Peace,” Trump wrote, adding in all caps that “only fools would think differently.”
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Another US soldier injured during Iran’s first counterstrike dies The number of US soldiers killed in action so far in the war with Iran a week ago has risen to seven, the US military said on Sunday.
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The Lebanese Ministry of Health said that the number of deaths in Israeli airstrikes last week increased to 394.There are many women and children among them.
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The Iranian military said on Sunday that at least 104 people were killed and 32 injured. Last week, the US attacked an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka.
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The Israel Defense Forces launched “extensive attacks” against the Iranian regime’s “infrastructure” in Tehran and other parts of Iran. Although Israel says it has hit military or “terrorist” targets in its war against Iran, many civilians have died in its attacks.
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US and Israeli night strikes hit five oil fields around TehranAccording to an Iranian official. The official said five facilities were “damaged” but “the fire was brought under control.” “If you can tolerate more than $200 per barrel of oil, continue with this game,” a spokesman for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said on Sunday.
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Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said the US-Israeli aerial bombardment of Iran’s energy infrastructure facilities signals a “dangerous new phase”. It was the result of conflict and amounted to a war crime.
