All right, breaking news coming in.

According to latest reports, Iran’s Assembly of Experts has elected Ali Kam’s son Mutaba as the next leader under pressure from the revolutionary guard.

So this is the latest that has come in.

Remember Donald Trump has now once again clarified that the aim here is very much regime change.

But what we are seeing right now is not that.

And according to the latest reports, Iran’s Assembly of Experts, which was earlier targeted as well, has elected Ali Kam’s son Motaba as the next leader.

And we’re given to understand that this is apparently under pressure from the revolutionary guard.

So this is the latest that has come in.

The regime very much stays intact even after Ali Kam was eliminated.

Let’s listen to this.

Our military in the Middle East is undertaking an unprecedented operation to eliminate Iran’s ability to threaten Americans as they’ve been doing for nearly half a century.

We’re less than 100 hours into this operation.

>> All right, so this is the latest that we’re getting right now.

As per reports, Mataba Kam has been elected as the new supreme leader in Iran under pressure from the revolutionary guards.

Remember, we’ve also seen internal descent within Iran against the regime.

After Ali Kam was eliminated by the United States, the regime still remains intact and they have in fact chosen the next leader under pressure from the revolutionary guards.

This as volatility in the region continues.

Of course, we’ll continue to bring you more updates on this as well.

We are bringing in all the updates from West Asia.

This at a time when consulates are being attacked across the region as well.

US consulates are very much under threat here and Siddhant has been bringing us all the updates on this.

In fact, and I’m just going to go across the newsroom uh to Sidhant who is bringing us all the updates.

Now, Sudhant, Trump has said >> that regime change still remains the very aim of this entire operation.

But look at what we’re seeing right now.

>> Well, well, that’s right.

him.

So uh so you know they are changing their goal post with each passing day depending on the on the combat success that that they are uh uh they assessment of the combat success they are changing their goal post on the first day it say they say that it’s going to be for the regime change we are going to take down Kamayani etc etc but then they said that no the goalpost is to end the nuclear program to end the ballistic missile stockpile now again they say that the regime change is the gold post post.

Then Netanyahu comes and says that regime change is in the hands of the people of Iran.

We are here to support them.

We are here to help them.

That’s the message.

That’s the message which US and Israeli forces are sending out at this point in time.

So it’s it’s it’s a confusion because because I’ll tell you what there is immense pressure on the United States from these Gulf countries and the pressure is that if something has been done there should have been a proper assessment of of of ramification of doing something and throwing the entire region into a wider conflict.

>> Now you see DHA Dubai all these places are financial hubs.

M >> they have huge US investments.

Now coming to how this has impacted the economic activities.

You guys have also been reporting a state of hormones completely shut.

You look at uh you look at the uh the real-time movements of vessels from that route completely shut.

>> 20% of crude oil is is uh passes through that uh route.

uh LNG production in Qatar completely shut.

Aramco refinery again hit by Iranian uh missile.

Okay.

Uh Iranian crude.

Iran also is into the business of crude.

That is also uh not happening anymore.

So it has thrown region into a wider conflict.

Plus it has also damaged the ongoing economic activities and have brought things to stand still in terms of economic activities and these and and perhaps this is the reason that and also raises question on the security net which America promises to these Gulf countries.

>> What about the security net? These are America’s allies.

So this is also a question which now these Gulf countries are asking to the United States that what you have done we are with you we support you.

In fact nobody has condemned American and Israeli strikes in Iran but throwing the region into the wider conflict not being able to protect us not being able to protect our our people.

You see the brand Dubai, it has gone for a it has been damaged completely because Dubai is is a premier place.

Okay.

And now given the kind of strikes and uh Iranians are carrying out it has damaged that brand.

So these countries are now putting pressure on the United States.

So this is this could be one of the reasons post are being are being shifted.

>> Absolutely.

So as Sidhan said there the goal posts appear to be shifting as and when it suits the US narrative at this point.

Uh remember earlier they’ said that the regime change was never the goal.

Now Trump is saying that is very much the goal.

But what we’re seeing as a result of this flip-flop is the sort of devastation and the sort of strikes that we’ve seen in the wider region.

Uh it’s over to you in the studio where she will bring us more updates that are coming in.

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