The leadership of Iran’s armed forces has pledged allegiance to the new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, Iranian state media said.
The powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps also said in a statement that they are ready to follow the new supreme leader.
Pezeshkian: Choice shows national unity
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said the naming of a new supreme leader was the manifestation of Iran’s will to strengthen national unity.
The position gives Mojtaba the final say in all matters of state in the Islamic Republic.
Pezeshkian released the statement on Telegram early on Monday, extolling what he said would be Mojtaba’s wise leadership and calling his father a martyr.
Saudi Arabia warns of escalation if attacks continue
Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry said on Monday that continued Iranian attacks would lead to further escalation and have a serious impact on relations between the two countries ‘now and in the future’.
Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura, which houses its largest domestic refinery and a key crude export terminal, was struck twice last week by Iranian drones.
The US embassy in Riyadh was also hit by apparent Iranian drones last week.
Israel launched more strikes on Iran
The Israel Defence Forces said that new air strikes on Iran are ongoing.
“The IDF has begun an additional wave of strikes on Iranian terror regime infrastructure in central Iran,” the statement said.
Israel continued to target senior Iranian figures, including Abolqasem Babaian, the recently appointed head of the military office of the supreme leader, who Israel says was killed in a Saturday strike.
War’s end will be ‘mutual’ decision: Trump
US President Donald Trump spoke about the US-Israeli war on Iran on Sunday, saying the decision on when to end the war will be a ‘mutual’ one made with radical Israeli regime leader Benjamin Netanyahu.
Speaking by phone with The Times of Israel, Trump said Netanyahu will have input on resolving the conflict.
“I think it’s mutual … a little bit. We’ve been talking. I’ll make a decision at the right time, but everything’s going to be taken into account,” Trump said.
Iranian drone strike injures 32 in Bahrain
At least 32 Bahrainis were injured in an Iranian drone attack on the island of Sitra, including four who were in critical condition, Bahrain’s state news agency said.
US orders diplomats out of Saudi Arabia
The US State Department has ordered non-essential US diplomats and US government employee family members to leave Saudi Arabia due to safety risks.
The decision was announced on Sunday night from Washington.
The United States began to pull out non-essential staff from Gulf Arab countries last Monday, three days into the war.
The US embassy in Riyadh last week was struck by Iranian drones that led to a fire that damaged the mission’s facilities.
