Skip to main content Close Ukraine Mideast conflict France France 24 live See all shows Latest Newscast Closed-captioned Newscast TV guide Headings
To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement.
One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site.
Imagen de archivo de Mojtaba Jamenei, durante su participación en el mitin anual de las milicias Quds. Teherán, 31 de mayo de 2019. AP - Vahid Salemi 10:58 Trump trying to gauge whether new ayatollah is 'a leader he can work with' Middle East Issued on: 09/03/2026 - 15:51Modified: 09/03/2026 - 15:53
Iran's council of 88 clerics appointed Mojtaba Khamenei, son of late Ayatallah Ali Khamenei, as new supreme leader of the country. This as US-Israeli strikes keep pounding the country, targeting oil, civilian and military infrastructure. Now, US President Donald Trump is 'gauging' whether the new ayatollah is 'a leader he can work with', Nega Angha, Visiting Fellow at King's College London, tells FRANCE 24.
US and Gulf states turn to Ukraine to counter Iranian drone attacks 09/03/2026 Middle East G7 leaders to discuss release of strategic oil reserves as crisis looms 09/03/2026 Middle East 'This is all about defence': Macron addresses European security in Cyprus 09/03/2026 Europe Concerns grow over humanitarian situation in Lebanon 09/03/2026 Middle East Speculation grows over possible execution of Iranian general for espionage 09/03/2026 Middle East Iran names Khamenei's son as new supreme leader 09/03/2026 Middle East Hezbollah reports clash with overnight Israeli raid in east Lebanon 09/03/2026 Middle East China calls for end of conflict in Middle East amid global instability 09/03/2026 Middle East Iran goes ‘full dynasty’ with choice of new supreme leader 09/03/2026 Middle East Page not found The content you requested does not exist or is not available anymore.
