United News of Bangladesh

Iranian state television early Monday announced that Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the country’s late supreme leader, has been appointed as his successor. Mojtaba had long been viewed as a potential candidate for the position, even before his father was killed in an Israeli strike at the outset of the ongoing war. Despite his influence, he has never held an elected office or been formally appointed to a government post. As supreme leader, he will oversee key national decisions, including military strategy, with Iran’s powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard directly answering to him. Trump threatens ‘very hard’ strikes; Iran rejects surrender demand Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump told ABC News on Sunday that he wants a role in determining who ultimately leads Iran after the war, warning that any new leader “is not going to last long” without his approval. Separately, the U.S. military said a seventh American service member has died from injuries sustained during an Iranian attack while stationed in Saudi Arabia. The previous six casualties were Army reservists killed in a March 1 strike on a port in Kuwait. U.S. intelligence officials also believe Russia has shared information with Iran to help target American troops and assets in the Middle East. In response, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in an interview on Sunday that military cooperation between Tehran and Moscow “is not something new.” At the same time, growing evidence indicates that a deadly explosion at an Iranian elementary school on February 28 was likely caused by a U.S. airstrike. The incident resulted in the highest reported civilian death toll since the war began, drawing strong criticism from the United Nations and human rights organisations. The United States has not accepted responsibility but said it is looking into the allegations. The conflict has continued to take a heavy toll, with at least 1,230 people reported killed in Iran, more than 300 in Lebanon and around a dozen in Israel, according to officials in those countries.