2026-03-09
16 分钟Good morning.
Iran picks its new leader after a weekend of fresh attacks on its capital.
NBC News looks at what's known about a deadly strike that hit an Iranian school.
And as oil prices spike, the Washington Post explains how a drawn-out war could affect the US economy.
If this conflict does go on longer,
the economic implications of a protracted disruption in this region are going to be felt everywhere.
It's Monday, March 9th.
I'm Cecilia Lei, and this is Apple News Today.
Iran's clerics have made their decision.
Mojtaba Khamenei has been named the new Supreme Leader, succeeding his father, Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated one week ago.
Iranian state media broadcast the moment the announcement was made to crowds of pro-regime supporters in Tehran.
The military has pledged its allegiance,
and the parliament speaker said it was people's religious and national duty to follow the new leader.
Mojtaba is regarded as a conservative hardliner, a former gatekeeper of his father,
and close to the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
US diplomatic cables published in the late 2000s described him as the power behind the robes,
and the move will be seen as an attempt to maintain consistency within the country's power circles.
But in truth, little is really known about the new supreme leader.
He seldom appears in public and has never comprehensively outlined his political or theological positions.
The BBC's Persian service reporter Khashayar Joneidi told the network