Iran’s New Supreme Leader – What You Need to Know – Monday, March 9, 2026

James Longman reports from Northern Iraq as 56-year-old Mojtaba Khamenei is named Iran’s new Supreme Leader; Iran retaliates against U.S. targets and allies in the region as the U.S. State Department orders non-emergency personnel out of Saudi Arabia and the U.S. embassy in Oslo is attacked; an explosive device is thrown the home of New York City’s Mayor Zohran Mamdani; the Department of Homeland Security partial shutdown now causing long lines and delays at major airports including Houston’s and a woman allegedly opens fire with an automatic weapon at Rhianna’s Beverly Hills home – with the singer inside the house.

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