In the latest updates on the war that has wreaked havoc on Iran and the Middle East, the Revolutionary Guard announced its swift support for the The country’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei.which was announced on Sunday. It remains to be seen what his first step will be and whether Mojtaba will be able to take on the role of his father.
In a statement carried by state media, the assembly said Khamenei had been elected by what it described as a “decisive vote” and urged citizens, “especially elites and intellectuals in seminaries and universities,” to swear allegiance to Iran’s new leadership.
However, this move is likely to not sit well with US President Donald Trump, who had already acknowledged that Mojtaba Khamenei was the most likely successor and made it clear that he considered him an “unacceptable” choice.
Trump said Sunday that the new leader “won’t last long” if the Iranians don’t get his approval first.
“He’s going to have to get our approval,” Trump told ABC News. “If it doesn’t get our approval, it won’t last long. We want to make sure we don’t have to go backwards every 10 years, when you don’t have a president like me who’s not going to do that.”
“I don’t want people to have to go back in five years and have to do the same thing again or, worse yet, let them have a nuclear weapon,” he added.
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Trump declined to comment directly on Mojtaba’s selection, saying, “We’ll see what happens.”
Trump has also not yet ruled out sending special forces to seize Iran’s enriched uranium. “Everything is on the table. Everything,” he said.
World oil prices rise
Iran’s prolonged attack on the Middle East has pushed global oil prices above $100 per barrel for the first time since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures gained $20.34 a barrel and were up $14.83, or 16.31%, at $105.73 by 2220 GMT. They rose as much as 22.4% to $111.24 early in the session. The benchmark contract rose 12% on Friday and has risen 36% over the past week, Reuters reported.
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Trump said it is a “very small price to pay for the security and peace of the United States and the world.”
In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote: “Near-term oil prices, which will fall rapidly when the destruction of Iran’s nuclear threat ends, is a very small price to pay for the security and peace of the United States and the world.”
“ONLY FOOLS WOULD THINK DIFFERENTLY,” he added.
“The decision will be mutual,” says Trump
Trump said any decision on when to end the war with Iran will be “mutual” and will be made together with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israel Times reported.
“I think it’s mutual… a little bit. We’ve been talking. I’ll make a decision at the right time, but everything will be taken into account,” he said.
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He added that if he and Netanyahu had not been present, the Islamic Republic would have destroyed Israel. “Iran was going to destroy Israel and everything around it… We have worked together. We have destroyed a country that wanted to destroy Israel,” he told The Times of Israel in a brief telephone interview.
Middle East under fire
The Middle East remains under fire as Iran intensifies its attacks. Hours after Iran elected its new supreme leader, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that it had launched new missile attacks.
He also posted a photograph of a projectile with the slogan: “At your service, Sayyid Mojtaba.”
In Bahrain, an Iranian drone strike targeting the island of Sitra left at least 32 people injured, including four who were seriously injured, the kingdom’s National Communications Center told CNN. The center added that the attacks targeted residential areas and caused significant damage.
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Iran also attacked the Al Ma’ameer oil facility in Bahrain, causing a fire at the complex and property damage. “A fire has broken out due to Iranian aggression against a facility in Al Ma’ameer, with material damage reported but no casualties, and the relevant authorities have begun firefighting procedures,” the Bahrain News Agency said in a post on X.
The Kuwait National Guard reported that on Monday it shot down a drone “at one of the sites under its protection.”
Qatar’s Defense Ministry said in X that it intercepted a missile attack on Monday morning.
The UAE Ministry of Defense also announced the interception of missile and drone threats from Iran. The ministry claimed that the sounds heard across the country were due to air defense systems intercepting the projectiles.
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The Saudi Defense Ministry said it intercepted and destroyed four drones heading towards the Shaybah oil field, hours after an attack killed two Bangladeshi nationals in the kingdom.
The kingdom’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned Iran’s attacks, calling them “atrocious” and a threat to regional security and stability.
Saudi Arabia warned that continued Iranian attacks would escalate tensions and damage relations, and stressed that Iran would be the “biggest loser” if it persisted.
Kurdish media outlet Rudaw reported that a drone attack had been intercepted at the international airport in Erbil, Iraq.
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Seventh US service member dies
The US Department of Defense said on Monday that A seventh US service member has died. in the country’s war with Iran.
“Last night, a US service member died from injuries received during the Iranian regime’s initial attacks across the Middle East,” the US Central Command (Centcom) confirmed in a statement on X.
The death comes days after six other US soldiers were killed in a drone attack on a command center in Kuwait.
US investigates attack on Iranian school
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said authorities are still investigating an attack that hit an Iranian elementary school and killed at least 168 children, according to state media. His comments came after new video footage appeared to show a US airstrike hitting a naval base next to the school, adding to evidence contradicting Donald Trump’s recent claims to blame Iran for the attack.
G7 to discuss joint release of emergency oil reserves
G7 finance ministers will hold an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss a possible joint release of oil reserves to deal with rising prices, the Financial Times reported.
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Oil reserves are coordinated by the International Energy Agency (IEA), and 32 members of the group hold strategic reserves as part of a collective emergency system designed for oil price shocks.
Three G7 countries, including the United States, have so far expressed support for a possible joint release, according to people familiar with the talks.
Trump tells UK it doesn’t need aircraft carriers
US President Donald Trump said the United States does not need Britain’s help to win the war with Iran, accusing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer of considering joining the conflict too late.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said: “The United Kingdom, our once great ally, perhaps the greatest of all, is finally seriously thinking about sending two aircraft carriers to the Middle East. It’s okay, Prime Minister Starmer, we don’t need them anymore, but we’ll remember. We don’t need people joining wars after we’ve already won them!”
Trump issues ultimatum to Iran’s new leader Mojtaba Khamenei as global oil prices explode
In the latest updates on the war that has wreaked havoc on Iran and the Middle East, the Revolutionary Guard announced its swift support for the The country’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei.which was announced on Sunday. It remains to be seen what his first step will be and whether Mojtaba will be able to take on the role of his father.
In a statement carried by state media, the assembly said Khamenei had been elected by what it described as a “decisive vote” and urged citizens, “especially elites and intellectuals in seminaries and universities,” to swear allegiance to Iran’s new leadership.
However, this move is likely to not sit well with US President Donald Trump, who had already acknowledged that Mojtaba Khamenei was the most likely successor and made it clear that he considered him an “unacceptable” choice.
Trump said Sunday that the new leader “won’t last long” if the Iranians don’t get his approval first.
“He’s going to have to get our approval,” Trump told ABC News. “If it doesn’t get our approval, it won’t last long. We want to make sure we don’t have to go backwards every 10 years, when you don’t have a president like me who’s not going to do that.”
“I don’t want people to have to go back in five years and have to do the same thing again or, worse yet, let them have a nuclear weapon,” he added.
Story continues below this ad.
Trump declined to comment directly on Mojtaba’s selection, saying, “We’ll see what happens.”
Trump has also not yet ruled out sending special forces to seize Iran’s enriched uranium. “Everything is on the table. Everything,” he said.
World oil prices rise
Iran’s prolonged attack on the Middle East has pushed global oil prices above $100 per barrel for the first time since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures gained $20.34 a barrel and were up $14.83, or 16.31%, at $105.73 by 2220 GMT. They rose as much as 22.4% to $111.24 early in the session. The benchmark contract rose 12% on Friday and has risen 36% over the past week, Reuters reported.
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Trump said it is a “very small price to pay for the security and peace of the United States and the world.”
In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote: “Near-term oil prices, which will fall rapidly when the destruction of Iran’s nuclear threat ends, is a very small price to pay for the security and peace of the United States and the world.”
“ONLY FOOLS WOULD THINK DIFFERENTLY,” he added.
“The decision will be mutual,” says Trump
Trump said any decision on when to end the war with Iran will be “mutual” and will be made together with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israel Times reported.
“I think it’s mutual… a little bit. We’ve been talking. I’ll make a decision at the right time, but everything will be taken into account,” he said.
Story continues below this ad.
He added that if he and Netanyahu had not been present, the Islamic Republic would have destroyed Israel. “Iran was going to destroy Israel and everything around it… We have worked together. We have destroyed a country that wanted to destroy Israel,” he told The Times of Israel in a brief telephone interview.
Middle East under fire
The Middle East remains under fire as Iran intensifies its attacks. Hours after Iran elected its new supreme leader, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that it had launched new missile attacks.
He also posted a photograph of a projectile with the slogan: “At your service, Sayyid Mojtaba.”
In Bahrain, an Iranian drone strike targeting the island of Sitra left at least 32 people injured, including four who were seriously injured, the kingdom’s National Communications Center told CNN. The center added that the attacks targeted residential areas and caused significant damage.
Story continues below this ad.
Iran also attacked the Al Ma’ameer oil facility in Bahrain, causing a fire at the complex and property damage. “A fire has broken out due to Iranian aggression against a facility in Al Ma’ameer, with material damage reported but no casualties, and the relevant authorities have begun firefighting procedures,” the Bahrain News Agency said in a post on X.
The Kuwait National Guard reported that on Monday it shot down a drone “at one of the sites under its protection.”
Qatar’s Defense Ministry said in X that it intercepted a missile attack on Monday morning.
The UAE Ministry of Defense also announced the interception of missile and drone threats from Iran. The ministry claimed that the sounds heard across the country were due to air defense systems intercepting the projectiles.
Story continues below this ad.
The Saudi Defense Ministry said it intercepted and destroyed four drones heading towards the Shaybah oil field, hours after an attack killed two Bangladeshi nationals in the kingdom.
The kingdom’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned Iran’s attacks, calling them “atrocious” and a threat to regional security and stability.
Saudi Arabia warned that continued Iranian attacks would escalate tensions and damage relations, and stressed that Iran would be the “biggest loser” if it persisted.
Kurdish media outlet Rudaw reported that a drone attack had been intercepted at the international airport in Erbil, Iraq.
Story continues below this ad.
Seventh US service member dies
The US Department of Defense said on Monday that A seventh US service member has died. in the country’s war with Iran.
“Last night, a US service member died from injuries received during the Iranian regime’s initial attacks across the Middle East,” the US Central Command (Centcom) confirmed in a statement on X.
The death comes days after six other US soldiers were killed in a drone attack on a command center in Kuwait.
US investigates attack on Iranian school
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said authorities are still investigating an attack that hit an Iranian elementary school and killed at least 168 children, according to state media. His comments came after new video footage appeared to show a US airstrike hitting a naval base next to the school, adding to evidence contradicting Donald Trump’s recent claims to blame Iran for the attack.
G7 to discuss joint release of emergency oil reserves
G7 finance ministers will hold an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss a possible joint release of oil reserves to deal with rising prices, the Financial Times reported.
Story continues below this ad.
Oil reserves are coordinated by the International Energy Agency (IEA), and 32 members of the group hold strategic reserves as part of a collective emergency system designed for oil price shocks.
Three G7 countries, including the United States, have so far expressed support for a possible joint release, according to people familiar with the talks.
Trump tells UK it doesn’t need aircraft carriers
US President Donald Trump said the United States does not need Britain’s help to win the war with Iran, accusing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer of considering joining the conflict too late.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said: “The United Kingdom, our once great ally, perhaps the greatest of all, is finally seriously thinking about sending two aircraft carriers to the Middle East. It’s okay, Prime Minister Starmer, we don’t need them anymore, but we’ll remember. We don’t need people joining wars after we’ve already won them!”
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