‘People are coming to the streets chanting for supporting the Islamic Republic’.
Officials say a candidate has been picked based on late supreme leader's advice that he should be 'hated by the enemy'.
Beijing calls for Iran's sovereignty to be respected and demands 'immediate stop to military operations' in Middle East.
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Children wounded in US-Israeli strikes on Iran are being treated at a children’s hospital in Tehran.
Attacks spark huge fires as they hit four storage facilities and an oil production transfer centre in Tehran and Alborz.
The US and Israel continue to strike Iran, hitting oil storage depots and refining facilities for the first time.
Israel says it targeted key commanders of Iran's elite Quds Force of the IRGC but did not name them.
Gaza's fishing industry collapses under Israeli blockade, leaving fishermen risking their lives for minimal catches.
Israel has claimed responsibility for an assassination attempt, which killed at least four people, at a Beirut hotel.