{"id":325673,"date":"2026-03-13T00:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T00:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-did-irans-new-supreme-leader-say-in-his-first-address-bbc-newscast\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T00:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T00:00:12","slug":"what-did-irans-new-supreme-leader-say-in-his-first-address-bbc-newscast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-did-irans-new-supreme-leader-say-in-his-first-address-bbc-newscast\/","title":{"rendered":"What did Iran&#8217;s new supreme leader say in his first address? | BBC Newscast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/3XWAVy--r9k\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"What did Iran's new supreme leader say in his first address? | BBC Newscast\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3XWAVy--r9k\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The new Iranian Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, gave his first statement pledging to continue blocking the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>This was delivered not by Khamenei himself, but by a newsreader on Iranian state TV speaking over a photo of him, sparking further speculation as to his health and whereabouts.<\/p>\n<p>Alex and James are joined by Jane Corbin, Panorama film maker, and Baran Abbasi, reporter and presenter for BBC Persian, to discuss what to make of the new Supreme Leader\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, diplomatic correspondent, James Landale, joins Alex and James from Kyiv to analyse what the US-Israeli war with Iran means for the war in Ukraine and how President Zelensky and President Putin have responded.<\/p>\n<p>You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say &quot;Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast\u201d. It works on most smart speakers.<\/p>\n<p>You can join our Newscast online community here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/newscastdiscord<\/p>\n<p>Get in touch with Newscast by emailing newscast@bbc.co.uk or send us a WhatsApp on +44 0330 123 9480.<\/p>\n<p>New episodes released every day. If you&#8217;re in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https:\/\/bbc.in\/4guXgXd<br \/>\nSubscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews #Iran <\/p>\n<p>00:00 Introduction<br \/>\n00:45 Did Mojtaba Khamenei actually write the statement?<br \/>\n02:25 What did the statement say?<br \/>\n07:00 How is Mojtaba Khamenei responding to the war?<br \/>\n15:58 How do Iranians feel about the war?<br \/>\n20:20 Iranians wait to celebrate Nowruz<br \/>\n22:50 How does the war in Iran affect Ukraine?<br \/>\n26:05 Zelensky&#8217;s view on the war in Iran<br \/>\n31:02 On the ground in Ukraine<br \/>\n34:50 Putin&#8217;s view on Iran<br \/>\n38:28 Is Russia involved in the Iran war?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Iranian Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, gave his first statement pledging to continue blocking the Strait of Hormuz. This was delivered not by Khamenei himself, but by a newsreader on Iranian state TV speaking over a photo of him, sparking further speculation as to his health and whereabouts. Alex and James are joined by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":325674,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128810],"tags":[135294,129019,129331],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-325673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bbc-news","tag-iranian","tag-leader","tag-supreme"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What did Iran&#039;s new supreme leader say in his first address? | BBC Newscast | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch What did Iran&#039;s new supreme leader say in his first address? | BBC Newscast for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-did-irans-new-supreme-leader-say-in-his-first-address-bbc-newscast\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What did Iran&#039;s new supreme leader say in his first address? | BBC Newscast | News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Watch What did Iran&#039;s new supreme leader say in his first address? | BBC Newscast for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-did-irans-new-supreme-leader-say-in-his-first-address-bbc-newscast\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-13T00:00:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/3XWAVy--r9k\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/what-did-irans-new-supreme-leader-say-in-his-first-address-bbc-newscast\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/what-did-irans-new-supreme-leader-say-in-his-first-address-bbc-newscast\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb\"},\"headline\":\"What did Iran&#8217;s new supreme leader say in his first address? | BBC Newscast\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-13T00:00:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/what-did-irans-new-supreme-leader-say-in-his-first-address-bbc-newscast\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":308,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/what-did-irans-new-supreme-leader-say-in-his-first-address-bbc-newscast\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/hqdefault-2005.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Iranian\",\"leader\",\"Supreme\"],\"articleSection\":[\"BBC News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/what-did-irans-new-supreme-leader-say-in-his-first-address-bbc-newscast\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/what-did-irans-new-supreme-leader-say-in-his-first-address-bbc-newscast\\\/\",\"name\":\"What did Iran's new supreme leader say in his first address? | BBC Newscast | News ISC Videos\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/what-did-irans-new-supreme-leader-say-in-his-first-address-bbc-newscast\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/what-did-irans-new-supreme-leader-say-in-his-first-address-bbc-newscast\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/hqdefault-2005.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-13T00:00:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb\"},\"description\":\"Watch What did Iran's new supreme leader say in his first address? | BBC Newscast for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/what-did-irans-new-supreme-leader-say-in-his-first-address-bbc-newscast\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/what-did-irans-new-supreme-leader-say-in-his-first-address-bbc-newscast\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/what-did-irans-new-supreme-leader-say-in-his-first-address-bbc-newscast\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/hqdefault-2005.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/hqdefault-2005.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/what-did-irans-new-supreme-leader-say-in-his-first-address-bbc-newscast\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What did Iran&#8217;s new supreme leader say in his first address? | BBC Newscast\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\",\"name\":\"News ISC Videos\",\"description\":\"Bringing Global News Videos To You\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tidyhosts.com\\\/videos\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/author\\\/admin-2\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What did Iran's new supreme leader say in his first address? | BBC Newscast | News ISC Videos","description":"Watch What did Iran's new supreme leader say in his first address? | BBC Newscast for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-did-irans-new-supreme-leader-say-in-his-first-address-bbc-newscast\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"What did Iran's new supreme leader say in his first address? | BBC Newscast | News ISC Videos","og_description":"Watch What did Iran's new supreme leader say in his first address? | BBC Newscast for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-did-irans-new-supreme-leader-say-in-his-first-address-bbc-newscast\/","og_site_name":"News ISC Videos","article_published_time":"2026-03-13T00:00:12+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/3XWAVy--r9k\/hqdefault.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-did-irans-new-supreme-leader-say-in-his-first-address-bbc-newscast\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-did-irans-new-supreme-leader-say-in-his-first-address-bbc-newscast\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb"},"headline":"What did Iran&#8217;s new supreme leader say in his first address? | BBC Newscast","datePublished":"2026-03-13T00:00:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-did-irans-new-supreme-leader-say-in-his-first-address-bbc-newscast\/"},"wordCount":308,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-did-irans-new-supreme-leader-say-in-his-first-address-bbc-newscast\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hqdefault-2005.jpg","keywords":["Iranian","leader","Supreme"],"articleSection":["BBC News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-did-irans-new-supreme-leader-say-in-his-first-address-bbc-newscast\/","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-did-irans-new-supreme-leader-say-in-his-first-address-bbc-newscast\/","name":"What did Iran's new supreme leader say in his first address? | BBC Newscast | News ISC Videos","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-did-irans-new-supreme-leader-say-in-his-first-address-bbc-newscast\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-did-irans-new-supreme-leader-say-in-his-first-address-bbc-newscast\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hqdefault-2005.jpg","datePublished":"2026-03-13T00:00:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb"},"description":"Watch What did Iran's new supreme leader say in his first address? | BBC Newscast for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-did-irans-new-supreme-leader-say-in-his-first-address-bbc-newscast\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-did-irans-new-supreme-leader-say-in-his-first-address-bbc-newscast\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-did-irans-new-supreme-leader-say-in-his-first-address-bbc-newscast\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hqdefault-2005.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hqdefault-2005.jpg","width":480,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-did-irans-new-supreme-leader-say-in-his-first-address-bbc-newscast\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What did Iran&#8217;s new supreme leader say in his first address? | BBC Newscast"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/","name":"News ISC Videos","description":"Bringing Global News Videos To You","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.tidyhosts.com\/videos"],"url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/author\/admin-2\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325673"},{"taxonomy":"actors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actors?post=325673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}