{"id":324258,"date":"2026-03-08T18:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T18:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-can-irans-new-supreme-leader-lead-in-secret-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T18:00:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T18:00:32","slug":"how-can-irans-new-supreme-leader-lead-in-secret-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-can-irans-new-supreme-leader-lead-in-secret-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"How can Iran&#8217;s new supreme leader lead in secret? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/c4AmcangJIA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How can Iran's new supreme leader lead in secret? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c4AmcangJIA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s top clerical body has reportedly agreed on a successor to Ali Khamenei, though the new Supreme Leader of Iran has not yet been publicly named. Israel says it would target the new leader as well as other figures of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Meanwhile, Israeli forces have struck fuel depots and oil infrastructure around Tehran for the first time in the nine-day war, sending thick smoke over the capital. Iran has condemned the attacks as a \u201cwar crime\u201d and says it may delay revealing the new leader\u2019s identity for security reasons\u2014raising questions about how a leader can govern while remaining hidden. We discuss with Shahin Modarres, an International Security Analyst with the &#8216;Monitoring Jihadism Project&#8217;, and with DW\u2019s Middle East expert Shani Rozanes. <\/p>\n<p>#dwcurrentaffairs #iran #supremeleader <\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran\u2019s top clerical body has reportedly agreed on a successor to Ali Khamenei, though the new Supreme Leader of Iran has not yet been publicly named. Israel says it would target the new leader as well as other figures of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Meanwhile, Israeli forces have struck fuel depots and oil infrastructure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":324259,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[129693,149625,132139],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-324258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news","tag-body","tag-clerical","tag-irans"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How can Iran&#039;s new supreme leader lead in secret? | DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch How can Iran&#039;s new supreme leader lead in secret? | DW News for free, here on News ISC. 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