WAR IN IRAN

Middle East war set to rage on as Iran's new leader breaks silence

Iran’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, signals he won’t back down in the Middle East war in his first public comments since succeeding his assassinated father.

In this picture obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency, Mojtaba Khamenei, then-son of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, attends a gathering in Tehran on March 2, 2016. Foto: Iran's ISNA news agency

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