From New York, this is Democracy Now.

But we don't want to come back every five years or every ten years and do this, so we

want to pick a president that's not going to be leading their country into a war.

As President Trump claims he should be able to pick Iran's next leader, Iran's top clerics

have defiantly selected Muchabakhamini to succeed his slain father as Iran's

next supreme leader.

We'll look at the state of the war and its impact across the globe with Iranian-American

analyst Human Majid, the Iranian-Israeli journalist, Urly Noi in Jerusalem, an Amnesty International Secretary General Agnes Kalamar.

Right now we're calling for all diplomatic efforts to be multiplied

so that civilians are protected and the attacks cease.

We'll also look at how U.S. military commanders have been framing the attack on Iran

as a holy war, with one commander telling troops, Trump has been anointed by Jesus

to wage war on Iran.

All that and more coming out.

Welcome to Democracy Now, Democracy Now.org, the War and Peace Report. I'm Amy Goodman.

The United States and Israel are continuing to drop bombs and missiles across Iran, with hundreds of attacks reported in the last 24 hours alone.

In Tehran, there were reports of massive explosions earlier today.

After Israeli attacks on fuel depots cost fires to burn for hours spawning a thick cloud

of toxic smoke over the city of 10 million people, as it rained oil rain.

Many residents complain they had trouble breathing as black raindrops full of toxic chemicals fell

across Tehran. Officials warn the precipitation contains toxic hydrocarbon compounds as well

as sulfur and nitrogen oxides. The Iranian Red Crescent Society reports 10,000 civilian

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