The election of a new Iranian supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is a sign that the ayatollahs have survived the first wave of attacks by Trump’s squad and may endure even longer. World affairs editor Sam Kiley looks at whether US foreign policy is now a satire of itself

Trump has reacted to reports that Iran has moved to elect a new supreme leader by claiming he has the final say

Mojtaba Khamenei is to replace his father as Iran’s new supreme leader

The election of a new Iranian supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is a sign that the ayatollahs have survived the first wave of attacks by Trump’s squad and may endure even longer.…

Besides his father, the initial U.S.-Israeli airstrikes killed Khamenei's mother, sister and wife