Global NewsThe U.S. and Israel have not let up on their intense attacks against Iran, which is not backing down either. Redmond Shannon looks at the relentless airstrikes across the Middle East and the growing concerns about rising oil prices. Mojtaba Khamenei will succeed his father, Ali Khamenei, as Iran’s supreme leader. Jeff Semple reports from Erbil, Iraq, on how Mojtaba is likely to seek revenge for his assassinated father, how he’s an even bigger hardliner than his dad, and how Iraqis are caught in the crossfire of the war in Iran.
The Iranian diaspora has varied and complex views on their country’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, and the war in Iran. Heidi Petracek speaks with some Iranians in Canada about the conflict, as well as their hopes and fears for what could come next. Australia has granted asylum to five members of the Iranian women’s soccer team who were in the land down under for a tournament when the war in Iran began. Eric Sorensen explains how the players got caught up in the fallout of the war and why some of them may choose to return to Iran, as others stay in Australia.
