[US-Israel, Iran War Day #9] Trump Rules Out Kurdish Offensive, Israel Attacks Iran Oil Facilities

In Brief…

• President Donald Trump said Iran’s next leader would not “last long” without US approval in an interview with ABC News.
• Iran’s Assembly of Experts announced in a statement on Sunday that Mojtaba Khamenei has been chosen as the country’s new supreme leader, days after Iran International first reported his selection under pressure from the Revolutionary Guards.
• Missile strikes and explosions continued to be reported in several Iranian cities on Sunday, including Tehran, Tabriz, Isfahan and areas near Yazd.
• Iranian clerics said the Assembly of Experts has already chosen a new supreme leader, though disagreements remain over when and how to publicly announce the decision.
• President Trump said on Saturday he does not want the Kurds to “go in” and get killed while fighting Iran’s regime, when asked about a possible ground operation of Kurdish opposition groups against Iran.
• Israel on Saturday night initiated attacks on 30 oil storage tanks throughout Iran, Israeli media reported citing officials, with videos showing massive fires in several facilities in Tehran and other cities.

This is a developing story that HO1 will continue to monitor.
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[UPDATE] Back to Square One… Iran announces Khamenei’s son Mojtaba as country’s new supreme leader