People in Iran eagerly awaited a first public appearance by the country's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei on Persian New Year, or Nowruz, on Friday - but a speech attributed to him was instead

Iranian state TV early Monday said Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the country’s late supreme leader, has been named his successor. Iran’s powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard answers to the supreme leader,

Iran on Monday said US President Donald Trump stepped back after issuing threats of strikes on Iranian energy facilities, reacting to Washington’s decision to pause planned attacks for five days. The response came after Trump announced that the United States had postponed strikes on Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure following what he described as productive talks with Tehran.

FCC Chair Brendan Carr goes after broadcast networks as negative stories mount against the Trump administration amid Iran war.

The three biggest cable news channels — Fox News, MS Now and CNN — are running well ahead of their season-to-date averages in primetime. Smaller outlets like Newsmax and NewsNation are up too. Year-to-year comparisons are a little more complicated due partly to the timing of President Donald Trump’s last two addresses to Congress.

Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran’s late supreme leader, has been named his successor. He had long been considered a contender, even before an Israeli strike killed his father at the start of the war.

State media and online propagandists are striking a confident posture, despite heavy losses. Some of the content was generated by artificial intelligence. By Tiffany Hsu Steven Lee Myers and Stuart A. Thompson On Iran’s official television networks and ...