Iran has chosen a new supreme leader: Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the longtime ruler who was killed in a U.S.–Israeli strike at the start of the war. The choice suggests Iran’s leadership is staying on the same hard-line path even as fighting spreads across the region.
Meanwhile, oil prices have jumped past $100 a barrel, raising concerns about global energy supplies.
NPR’s Aya Batrawy talks with Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd about the latest.
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