Iran chooses new supreme leader - but does not name

伊朗选出新最高领袖——但未公布姓名

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2026-03-08

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Iran says it’s chosen a successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed last week in US-Israeli airstrikes – but the name has yet to be revealed. Meanwhile Israel and the US continue to strike Iran, with oil depots hit, and Iran carries out more strikes on its Gulf Arab neighbours: we hear from Kuwait. Also in the programme: scientists find a mountain range and huge "blue hole" in the deep Caribbean Sea, with life never before seen; and the American gospel musician finally getting recognition after more than fifty years. (IMAGE: A demonstrator holds an image of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, after he was killed in Israeli and U.S. strikes. Tehran, Iran, March 6, 2026 / CREDIT: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS)
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  • Hello and welcome to News Hour from the BBC World Service, coming to you live from London.

  • I'm Regenie Fyde in Arden.

  • Well as we come to air we are getting reports that Iran has reached a consensus on who will replace Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,

  • its supreme leader who was killed in US-Israeli strikes a week ago.

  • Meanwhile Israel says it will continue to target whoever his successor is.

  • And so the war continues.

  • Israel's military bombing one of Iran's biggest revenue sources, oil.

  • Huge fireballs lit up the skyline off Tehran on Saturday night as an oil depot was hit.

  • In one video from the scene, a man says that shops and houses were also on fire.

  • Hundreds of targets in Iran have also been struck,

  • and Iran's Red Crescent says that more than 1,300 people have now been killed since the war began.