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Iran’s targets widen: Civilian infrastructure suffers, deaths reported  mariettatimes.com

Iran President: Mojtaba Khamenei appointment marks new era  Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian welcomed the appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei as the country’s new supreme leader, calling it the start of a “new era of dignity and strength” for Iran. In a statement reported by the Fars news agency, Pezeshkian said the decision by the Assembly of Experts reflected the will of the Iranian people and strengthened national unity. Iran’s armed forces, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and several senior officials have also pledged allegiance to the new leader. Among them were parliament speaker Mohammed-Bagher Qalibaf and former parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani.

Ministry's legal aide tells court that Gali Baharav-Miara's subordinate, State Attorney Amit Aisman, is the 'most senior official' who can oversee case; petitioning group blasts move The post Citing conflict of interest concerns, Justice Ministry won’t hand Sde Teiman leak probe to AG appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Top Iranian officials back Iran's new supreme leader High-profile members of the Iranian government have backed the country's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei. Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf welcomed the Assembly of Experts’ decision and said that following Khamenei is Iranians’ “definitive religious and national duty”. Ali Larijani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, called for unity around the new leader and thanked the assembly for its “clear” decision.

Bahrain says civilians injured, buildings damaged in Iran drone attack Several people were injured on Sunday in an Iranian drone attack on Bahrain's island of Sitra, the interior ministry said, as AFP journalists reported two loud explosions. "As a result of the blatant Iranian aggression, injuries among citizens were reported, one of them serious, and a number of houses in Sitra were damaged as a result of an attack by drones," the ministry said.

Iran Guards say 'ready for complete obedience' to Mojtaba Khamenei Iran's Revolutionary Guards pledged allegiance on Sunday to the country's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, after he was appointed his father's successor by the Assembly of Experts. "The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...is ready for complete obedience and self-sacrifice in carrying out the divine commands of the Guardian Jurist of the time, His Eminence Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei", the Guards said in a statement.

Army tells UN and aid workers to leave as forces close in on one of the last opposition strongholds.

Lebanon registers more than half a million displaced by Israeli attacks Lebanon's social affairs minister said on Sunday that more than half a million people had been registered as displaced since the outbreak of the new war between Israel and Hezbollah. In a press briefing, Haneen Sayed said that the total number of people who registered their names on a website affiliated with the ministry reached 517,000, including 117,228 people in government shelters. A displaced person sits outside a car loaded with belongings, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Beirut, Lebanon, 8 March, 2026. (Reuters)

Herzog said Israel is a sovereign state that follows the rule of law after Trump urged him to grant Netanyahu a pardon.

TEHRAN, Mar. 08 (MNA) – Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has visited several hospitals and specialized treatment centers to inspect those who have been injured during the US-Israeli aggression.

TEHRAN, Mar. 08 (MNA) – Iranian Red Crescent Society has formally requested the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to launch an investigation into violations of international humanitarian law in recent attacks targeting civilian sites.

Iran selects new supreme leader The Assembly of Experts, the clerical body responsible for selecting Iran's new supreme leader, has announced it has reached a decision. "The vote to appoint the leader has taken place and the leader has been chosen," Ahmad Alamolhoda, a member of the Assembly of Experts, told Iran's Mehr news agency.  He said the leader's name will be announced later on Sunday.

Two colleagues mourn the sudden death, at 38, of a high-tech leader who helped some of Israel’s cutting-edge startup founders begin their journeys, and sought to solve problems from Arab-Jewish relations to humanitarian crises The post In memory of Zaki Djemal appeared first on The Times of Israel.

DUBAI, March 8 (Reuters) - The clerical body that will choose Iran's next supreme leader, succeeding the slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has more or less reached a majority consensus, Assembly of Experts member Ayatollah Mohammadmehdi Mirbaqeri said on Sunday. The Mehr news agency quoted him as saying "some obstacles" still needed to be resolved regarding the process. On Saturday, a senior cleric in the Assembly of Experts said its members would meet "within one day" to choose the leader.

Iran cleric says leadership choice nearing announcement Member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts, Ayatollah Mohammad-Mahdi Mirbagheri, on Sunday said “great efforts to determine the leadership” have been made and that “a decisive and unanimous opinion” has been reached. In a video posted by the Fars news agency on Telegram, another member of the body, Hojjatoleslam Jafari, said that he hopes “all Iranian people will be satisfied as soon as possible”. “The delay in electing the third leader is bitter and unwanted for everyone, and there is no alternative, so we should not have bad thoughts about our representatives at this difficult time,” he said.

UN Humanitarian Affairs Lead Tom Fletcher speaks to the BBC about the conflict in the Middle East.

TEHRAN, Mar. 08 (MNA) – A senior Russian official has said that the Islamic Republic of Iran is giving a powerful, effective and proportionate response to the US-Israeli aggression.

Mothin Ali said he received death threats after it was claimed in parliament that he attended a rally in support of the Iranian regime

Iranian schools, hospital and landmarks among civilian sites hit during US-Israeli strikes  BBC

Iranian FM says civilian deaths are ‘collateral damages’  NBC News