*Update: We recorded this segment before Iran’s top clerical assembly confirmed that they had chosen Mojtaba Khamenei as the new Supreme Leader. He succeeds his father – the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in that role. Earlier Donald Trump said whoever the new chief is he will “not last long” – both the US and Israel are pledging to kill Iran’s leaders. It comes as Israel’s military targeted fuel depots around the capital.
00:00 Iran’s top clerics name new Supreme Leader
00:33 Israel bombs oil depots in Tehran
02:27 Kuwait city hit by Iranian attack
02:54 Giorgio Cafiero the CEO and founder of Gulf State Analytics, a geopolitical risk think tank based in Washington joins DW News.
09:08 Professor Sina Azodi, Director of Middle East Studies at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University talks to DW News.