Cracks In Iranian Leadership? Apology, Then More Regional Attacks
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Iran could be moving closer to electing a new supreme leader even as some cracks appeared to be developing among the surviving leaders in Tehran, while the United States and Israel vowed to hit Iran harder than ever before as the war passes the one-week mark.
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Iran Cracks In Iranian Leadership? Apology, Then More Regional Attacks By RFE/RL March 08, 2026 00:09 CET Listen 7 min This audio is automated Learn more Cracks In Iranian Leadership? Apology, Then More Regional Attacks Share Share Print Iran could be moving closer to electing a new supreme leader even as some cracks appeared to be developing among the surviving rulers in Tehran, while the United States and Israel vowed to hit Iran harder than ever as the war passed the one-week mark. After Iranian President Masud Pezeshkian said he wanted to "personally apologize to neighboring countries” that had been hit by Iranian missiles and drones, powerful national security chief Ali Larijani on March 7 defiantly lashed out and Tehran struck again at US Arab allies in the region. Separately, Iranian state media late on March 7 quoted hard-line Ayatollah Hossein Mozafari, a member of the Assembly of Experts --– which will elect the country’s next ruler -- as saying the body could meet in the next 24 hours to make a decision. SEE ALSO: Trump Attends Return Of Slain Troops To US Soil US President Donald Trump reiterated that he is demanding a role in selecting Iran's successor leadership saying the next ruler should be "GREAT & ACCEPTABLE." "I know there are a number of people that our intelligence agencies and the United States government are looking at, but I won't go any further than that," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters at the White House on March 6. Trump warned in a social media post that more Iranian officials would become targets in the war. “Today, Iran will be hit very hard!” "Under serious consideration for complete destruction and certain death, because of Iran's bad behavior, are areas and groups of people that were not considered for targeting up until this moment in time," he said. Kurdish Ground Offensive? Trump also said he does not want ethnic Kurds to launch an attack on the Iranian regime. The remarks came after conflicting repor...
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