Conflict is placing drinking water at risk as missile and drone strikes encroach on desalination plants that sustain the region.

Mojtaba Khamenei reportedly selected as Iran's new supreme leader in succession move, described as 'his father on steroids' with deeper security ties.

The Pentagon has identified the seventh U.S. service member killed in combat during the Iran war, as the conflict intensifies with the naming of a new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei.

Contact: vanessa.balintec@thomsonreuters.com Iran's hardliners staged a show of force on Monday, taking to the streets to proclaim their loyalty to new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, whose rise appeared to dash hopes of ​a swift end to war in the Middle East causing havoc on global markets.

A picture of Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is displayed on a screen in Tehran, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 9, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Stocks were able to wipe out earlier losses as investors were optimistic about the Middle East conflict ending soon and oil prices coming down

By Forrest Crellin PARIS, March 9 (Reuters) - Almost half of Iran's uranium enriched to up to 60% purity, a short step from weapons-grade, was stored in a tunnel complex at Isfahan and is probably still there,

Oil prices surged and stock markets slid after hard-line Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei was chosen to succeed his late father as Iran’s supreme leader

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