Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei  
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Trump says he should help pick Iran's next leader, rules out Khamenei's son

Dubai | US President Donald Trump has told Axios that he should be involved in picking Iran's next supreme leader.

He said Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and a frontrunner to succeed his father, would be an “unacceptable” choice.

Bahrain says Iranian missile hit state-run oil refinery

Dubai | Bahrain says an Iranian missile hit a state-run oil refinery.

It said the fire Thursday night was extinguished and the refinery was still working. There were no reports of casualties.

But it marked yet another Iranian strike targeting the region's oil industry, the lifeblood of the Gulf Arab states.

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West Bengal records highest-ever voter turnout in 2026 assembly polls at 92.47 pc in 2 phases

Hegseth goes before Congress for the first time since the Iran war started

Sabarimala reference: Cannot annihilate religion in name of reform, says SC

Kerala govt suspends senior IAS officer B Ashok for speaking to media during polls