00:23Just hours after a warning from Donald Trump,
00:26Iran has made a decisive move.
00:28In the middle of a raging war, Tehran has chosen its new supreme leader.
00:34And the message from Iran is clear, its leadership will be decided in Tehran, not Washington.
00:48The Assembly of Experts, a powerful council of 88 senior clerics,
00:53has officially appointed Mojtaba Khamenei as the third supreme leader of the Iran.
01:00This comes just days after his father, Ali Khamenei, was killed during the opening phase
01:06of the ongoing conflict involving the United States and Israel.
01:10The position of supreme leader is the most powerful office in Iran.
01:14It means Mojtaba Khamenei now has the final say on all major matters of state,
01:19from the military to foreign policy.
01:23And his selection signals something important.
01:26Iran's political establishment is closing ranks during wartime.
01:38Before the decision was announced, Donald Trump had publicly suggested
01:42that Washington should have a say in Iran's leadership choice.
01:45But Tehran's swift appointment sends a strong message.
01:48Iran's leadership transition will follow its own constitutional process.
01:56Meanwhile, the conflict itself continues to intensify.
02:02According to Iran's ambassador to the United Nations, more than 1,300 Iranian civilians
02:07have been killed in the ongoing U.S.-Israeli strikes, with thousands more injured.
02:12Black smoke has been seen over Tehran after attacks on oil storage facilities lit up the night sky.
02:18Iran's foreign ministry has called the strikes a dangerous escalation and a war crime,
02:22warning that targeting fuel depots releases toxic substances into civilian areas.
02:27Despite the pressure, Iran's leadership says there will be no surrender.
02:32Parliament Speaker Mohamed Bakr Kalibov has made it clear that Tehran is not seeking a ceasefire,
02:37and says the country will punish what it calls aggressors.
02:40So at a moment when the region is on edge, Iran has moved quickly to secure its leadership.
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