US presses Sri Lanka not to repatriate Iranian sailors after warship sinking

Ahmad Alamolhoda, Friday prayer leader of Mashhad, said the vote on Iran’s next leader has already taken place and a new leader has been selected.

He said reports suggesting the Assembly of Experts had not yet reached a decision were “completely false” and added that, under the constitution, no one – including members of the Assembly – has the right to change that decision.

Alamolhoda said the matter now rests with Ayatollah Hosseini Bushehri, the official responsible for the Assembly’s secretariat, who he said is tasked with conveying and publicly announcing the body’s decision.

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Israel’s military warned that it would pursue any successor to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, as well as anyone involved in appointing the next leader.

In a statement, the Israeli military said Iran’s ruling system was trying to rebuild itself and choose a new leader after Khamenei’s killing, and said the Assembly of Experts was expected to convene soon in Qom.

The military said Israel would continue to track “every successor” and “every person who seeks to appoint a successor,” and issued a direct warning to those planning to take part in the meeting.

“We warn all those who intend to participate in the meeting to choose a successor that we will not hesitate to target you as well,” it said.

Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned that a prolonged war could leave the country unable to sell or even produce oil.

“If the war continues like this, there will be neither a way to sell oil nor the ability to produce it,” Ghalibaf wrote on social media.

He also criticized US President Donald Trump’s comments about oil prices, saying that the conflict risks harming not only US interests but also those of countries across the region and the world.

“Trump said oil prices would not rise very much, now that they have risen, he says they will soon be corrected.”

Iran said it is exercising its right to self-defense after what it described as an “unlawful US-Israeli war of aggression.”

Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said the attacks had “torpedoed diplomatic efforts” and “shattered the very foundations of international law.”

“Silence and indifference in the face of such flagrant violations and atrocities will only further erode the credibility of the global legal order and embolden future aggressors,” he wrote on X.

US President Donald Trump dismissed threats from Iran’s top security official Ali Larijani, telling CBS News he had no idea who Larijani was and that he “couldn’t care less.”

Trump was responding after Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said earlier on Saturday that Trump must “pay the price” for the US-Israeli strikes on Iran.

“I have no idea what he’s talking about, who he is. I couldn’t care less,” Trump said, adding, "He intended to take over the Middle East and he's conceded and surrendered to all of those countries because of me."

Trump also said US strikes would continue as he presses Iran for what he called an “unconditional surrender.”