Crowds rally to pledge allegiance to Iran's new leader as US, Israel war rages

Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, was named the Islamic republic's new leader on Monday, 10 days into the war that began when the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran and has since ensnared the Middle East. Ali Khamenei, who held the Islamic republic's top post for decades, was killed in the initial strikes of the US-Israeli campaign on February 28, along with his wife and daughter-in-law. "Death to America, Death to Israel," and "God is Great," chanted the defiant crowds that gathered in Tehran's emblematic Enghelab Square on Monday...