For countries far removed from the battlefield, including Nigeria and much of Africa, the consequences would still be profound.
China said on Monday that Iran’s selection of Mojtaba Khamenei as the country’s new supreme leader was made in accordance with its constitution.
The Jnr Khamenei is widely regarded as the most likely successor, following the death of his father in a joint attack launched by U.S. and Israeli forces.
Security sources said the strike killed a senior official from Hamas.
Mr Araghchi also highlighted Iran’s inherent and inalienable right to defend its sovereignty, territorial integrity, and people under the UN Charter.
The Iranian Red Crescent said on Monday that the death toll from U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran since Saturday has risen to 555.
The Hezbollah militia in Lebanon early on Monday claimed responsibility for targeting a site south of the city of Haifa belonging to the Israeli military.
The Iranian Red Crescent Society said the strikes hit at least 24 of Iran’s 31 provinces, with 201 deaths and 747 injuries reported so far.
The strikes by the U.S. and Israel have seen Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and top members of his regime dead.
“The world is a better place without them,” the IDF said.
