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Iranians chant ‘Death to Mojtaba’ at new Supreme Leader · The Front

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  Speaker 1: Today's biggest News from The Australian. I'm Claire Harvey with
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  Speaker 1: the Front's afternoon headlines. Iran's new leader has a familiar
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  Speaker 1: name and a familiar look. He's the son of the
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  Speaker 1: old Supreme leader assassinated in Operation Epic Fury. Moshtebach Khamene
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  Speaker 1: fifty six is the son of Ayatollah Ali Kamene, and,
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  Speaker 1: according to reports from Iran, is as theocratically hardline as
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  Speaker 1: his father. Support from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps helped
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  Speaker 1: secure Moshtabar the job, but ordinary Iranians are already expressing
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  Speaker 1: their descent. This video published to social media apparently shows
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  Speaker 1: residents of Tehran's high rise buildings chanting death to Moshtabar,
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  Speaker 1: death to dictator. In twenty twenty two, Iran's Morality police
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  Speaker 1: beat to death a young woman who had been arrested
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  Speaker 1: for failing to cover her head in public. That prompted
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  Speaker 1: waves of protest and anger directed at Moshtebar himself, who
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  Speaker 1: was seen as a behind the scenes enforcer for his
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  Speaker 1: father and the regime. At the time, he was reported
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  Speaker 1: to be in charge of military intelligence and the Basij
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  Speaker 1: Volunteer militia, which enforces religious codes throughout the country. Like
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  Speaker 1: his father, moshebar is a Shia Islamic cleric. He was
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  Speaker 1: elevated to the rank of Ayatollah, the SA term for
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  Speaker 1: high ranking theologian, and he's been chosen as Supreme leader
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  Speaker 1: by a panel of senior leaders, despite the fact Iran's
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  Speaker 1: Islamic Revolution was supposed to move the country away from
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  Speaker 1: hereditary leadership and focus on choosing figureheads of impeccable religious qualities.
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  Speaker 1: Moshebah Kameni's first job will be working out how Iran
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  Speaker 1: best deploys its remaining ballistic missiles and suicide drones, while
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  Speaker 1: coming up with a strategy to deal with the rage
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  Speaker 1: of Iran's neighbours on the Arabian Peninsula, including the United
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  Speaker 1: Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, who reacted with fury to
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  Speaker 1: Iranian strikes on their cities and airports Over the weekend.
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  Speaker 1: Iran's Prime Minister, Mohammad Pezeshkian apologized for striking the Gulf States,
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  Speaker 1: saying Iran had only ever intended to attack American military
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  Speaker 1: assets in the region. The Golf monarchies have reacted cautiously
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  Speaker 1: so far, expressing anger but largely not withdrawing their ambassadors
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  Speaker 1: or actually striking back at Iran. The United Arab Emirates
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  Speaker 1: government denied an Israeli media report over the weekend that
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  Speaker 1: the UAE had struck an Iranian desalination plant, declaring it
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  Speaker 1: fake news. Overnight, Israel struck five Iranian oil facilities in
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  Speaker 1: the Tehran region, prompting warnings from the Iranian Red Crescent
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  Speaker 1: Society that residents of the capital should take precautions against
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  Speaker 1: toxic smoke now filling disguise. We're covering this story live
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